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BJP President JP Nadda launched the party’s election manifesto in Kohima (Photo: @BJP4Nagaland)
The BJP and its ally NDPP are contesting the February 27 assembly elections with a 20:40 seat-sharing arrangement.
The BJP on Tuesday promised a special package for eastern Nagaland and setting up a development board for the overall development of the region if the party returns to power for a second consecutive term in the state.
The BJP and its ally NDPP are contesting the February 27 assembly elections with a 20:40 seat-sharing arrangement.
In its manifesto released by party president JP Nadda, the saffron party also announced several measures to boost infrastructure, economic development and healthcare and agriculture, apart from skill development.
“We will work with the central government to expedite the construction of the Trans-Nagaland Highway to provide easy access to the districts, especially from eastern Nagaland,” it added.
Eastern Nagaland was in news recently because of a vote boycott call by an organization demanding a separate state consisting of six districts of the region. However, the call was later withdrawn.
The BJP manifesto calls for setting up a dedicated Nagaland Cultural Research Fund with an investment of Rs 1,000 crore to preserve Naga identity, setting up a cultural university and Rs 100 crore to promote and expand the scope of all major tribal festivals. It has also promised to invest Rs.
The party assured to provide free rice and wheat monthly and 5 kg black gram and one liter mustard oil quarterly per family at subsidized rates to all PDS beneficiaries for the general welfare of the people.
The manifesto also promised to increase the existing pension to Rs 1,000 per month for senior citizens, specially-abled and widows, and provide health insurance cards for cashless medical facilities for all government employees.
The BJP also announced that it would provide free health insurance and social security insurance to all unorganized workers and affordable housing for all under the PM Awas Yojana by 2025 in collaboration with the Centre.
on agriculture and farmer welfare, claimed to increase financial assistance under PM Kisan The Samman Nidhi scheme has been increased from the existing Rs.6,000 to Rs.8,000 per year by increasing Rs.2,000 as additional grant from the state government.
The BJP announced that it would launch an agri-infrastructure mission with an investment of Rs 500 crore.
The manifesto said that a women’s welfare scheme named after Padma Shri awardee Nidonuo Angami would be launched, in which a bond of Rs 50,000 would be given on the birth of a girl child.
It also promised to provide free, quality education to all female students from kindergarten to post graduate and free scooty to meritorious college girls.
With a view to empower the youth, the BJP said it would provide two lakh self-employment opportunities in the next 5 years and launch the Nagaland Tourism Skill Mission to provide training and employment opportunities to 50,000 local youth.
The party said construction of all-weather roads connecting villages with state and national highways is another promise, connecting Kohima to the railway network by 2024 and working with the central government to set up an additional airport.
Nadda claimed that the resolution of the Naga political issue is in the final stages, although there is no mention of the matter in the manifesto.
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