In photos: BJP launches Lok Sabha elections manifesto, promises a ‘New India’ by 2022
In its manifesto, the ruling BJP has promised to take India to new heights by focusing on national security, lowering taxes, and reducing poverty in the next five years.
A file photo of BJP's manifesto launch | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
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The BJP released its manifesto for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections on Monday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah, and Union ministers Arun Jaitey, Rajnath Singh, and Sushma Swaraj present at the event.
The manifesto focused on national security, development, lower taxes, the scrapping of Article 35A and the construction of Ram temple. The party leaders also said that by the time India celebrates 75 years of independence in 2022, the BJP will have delivered on 75 promises of development of the country if it continues in power.
However, in a scathing criticism of the manifesto, the Congress said the ruling party has “simply copy pasted” its 2014 poll document and changed all previous deadlines.
The BJP reiterated its pledge to double farmer’s income by 2022, improve the GDP share from the manufacturing sector and double exports. | Praveen Jain/ ThePrintThe BJP made a plethora of poll promises on Monday, including expeditious construction of Ram temple, firmly dealing with terrorism, doubling farmers’ income in the next three years, making India the third-largest economy globally by 2030, and scrapping Article 370. However, the Congress was quick to say these are the same issues the BJP fought on in 2014 | Praveen Jain/ ThePrintPrime Minister Narendra Modi said that the BJP is working towards making India a fully developed nation by 2047, 100 years after India’s independence | Praveen Jain/ ThePrintIn its ‘Sankalp patra’, BJP pledged $1.44 trillion on infrastructure to boost the economy and raise living standards. While party president Amit Shah (right) spoke of how PM Modi (centre) delivered a decisive government, home minister Rajnath Singh (left) said the party has tried to capture the people’s ‘mann ki baat’ in the manifesto | Praveen Jain/ThePrintFinance minister Arun Jaitley said that the essence of the manifesto is to deplete poverty to single digits in the next five years and eventually eliminate it | Praveen Jain/ThePrint“The country will believe us because we did a lot more than we had promised in 2014,” said external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj | Praveen Jain/ThePrint
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