Gujarat Assembly Elections: BJP releases manifesto, promises AIIMS level medical facilities, uniform civil code, anti-radicalization cell

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its Sankalp Patra or manifesto in Gandhinagar on Saturday ahead of Gujarat Assembly Elections. Gujarat Chief Minister M Bhupendra Patel, BJP national president JP Nadda and state party president CR Paatil presented the saffron party’s manifesto.

Under its Sankalp Patra, the BJP has made several promises, such as one lakh government jobs for women, Rs 10,000 crore for Agri-marketing infrastructure, Uniform Civil Code implementation, blue economy industries corridor, financial assistance to EWS/OBC students and also assured 20 lakh new jobs generation in the state.

Apart from these, the ruling party has also ensured separate funds for poor people, education, AIIMS-level medical facilities, and irrigation in South Gujarat along with Saurashtra.

JP Nadda said for the progress of Gujarat, the party will make Gujarat’s economy equal to that of a 1 trillion economy by making the state a foreign direct investment destination. While releasing the manifesto, he called Gujarat the land of change-makers and stated that Gujarat has given political direction to the country.

He also said that the saffron party will create an anti-radicalization cell to identify and eliminate potential threats, and sleeper cells of the terrorist organizations and anti-India forces.

BJP has been ruling in Gujarat for the past 27 years. In the last elections in 2017, BJP won 99 seats and the Congress came close with 77 seats. This year, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has also entered the state to contest elections.

The elections for the 182-member State Assembly will be held in two phases on December 1 and 5. The counting of votes will take place on December 8.