Karnataka Polls: Old Pension Scheme, Ban On Bajrang Dal, Vow to Remove BJP’s ‘Unjust Laws’ In Congress Manifesto | Top Promises

Allowance for unemployed youth, free travel for women, and pension under the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) for government employees are among the top promises made by the Congress party in its manifesto for the upcoming assembly elections in Karnataka.

The Congress also promised to ban organizations like Bajrang Dal and repeal all “unjust, anti-people laws” passed by the BJP government within a year if voted to power.

All India Congress Committee (AICC) President and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, AICC General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President DK Shivakumar, Leader of the Assembly Opposition Siddaramaiah, Leader of the Legislative Council Opposition BK Hariprasad and the Manifesto Committee President of G. Parameshwara, along with others, was part of the launch of the manifesto at the Shangharila Hotel in Bangalore.

Major promises of the Congress manifesto

• The manifesto states that government employees appointed after 2006 will get pension under the Old Pension Scheme (OPS).
• Comparing the banned Islamist outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) with Sangh-affiliated Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s youth wing Bajrang Dal, the Congress said it would ban organizations that “promote enmity or hatred, irrespective of the majority”. or among minority communities”. ,
• The party promised to set up Bharat Jodo Social Harmony Committee in every gram panchayat.
• The manifesto states that if the party comes to power in Karnataka, it will end corruption in the PWD, rural development, irrigation, urban development and power sectors by enacting a special law to punish the guilty.
• The Congress promised a special allowance of Rs 5,000 per month to police officers on night duty.
• The Congress said it would implement a ‘milk revolution’. To produce 1.5 crore liters of milk production per day.
• It also promised to increase the subsidy on milk for farmers from Rs 5 to Rs 7.
• Congress has also promised to set up a dedicated fund Rupees 2,000 crore for modernization of all existing courts in the state.
• The party promised to set up high-speed Wi-Fi hotspots in every gram panchayat of the state.
• Under the Mahatma Gandhi Gram Swaraj Yojana, the Congress promised to invest Rs 50,000 crore over five years to improve villages, including clean drinking water, sanitation, basic education, health and all-weather roads.
• Krishi Sarvodaya Fund proposed in the manifesto, under which the Congress will allocate Rupees 1.50 lakh crore in five years for modernization of agriculture, subsidies, credit and insurance.
• Congress promises to support 5,000 women entrepreneurs every year and nurture 5,000 women-powered micro-enterprises in five years to encourage women to adopt modern needs like food processing, catering, mobile canteens, solid waste management etc. announced to do.
• The Congress also promised to provide 200 units of free electricity to each household.
• The manifesto states that the party will give Rs. 2,000 to each female head of the family and an amount of Rs. Rupees 3,000 for two years to unemployed graduates.

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