The Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) released its manifesto for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections on Monday April 07,2014, the day the first phase of the polls began in the states of Assam and Tripura.
The BJP manifesto pledges 'Ek Bharat, Shreshta Bharat - Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas' (One India, Best India - Unity and Development for everyone)
The BJP manifesto is much broader and covers most issues when compared to the Congress manifesto.
The Congress manifesto promises an inclusive society and inclusive growth and
the BJP's mentions 'One India and Great India'.
Highlights of the BJP Manifesto
- pledges to tackle inflation and corruption
- Bringing back black money
- Ending decision and policy paralysis
- Putting in place a strong delivery system
- Better centre-state relations
- Take the country from representative to participatory democracy
- E-governance: easy, efficient and effective
- Institutional reform - administrative, judicial, police and electoral
- Better judicial system
- Reform police force
- Electoral reforms
- Bridge the gap and uplift the poor and downtrodden
- Food security for all
- Social justice and empowerment for SCs, STs, OBCs and other weaker sections
- Simple Taxation system
- Make agriculture more productive, scientific and rewarding
- Make industry modern, competitive and caring
- Focus on reviving manufacturing sector
- Special emphasis on MSMEs (micro, small and medium enterprises)
- Focus on handicrafts and artisans
- Services to be driven by quality and efficiency
- Development of business and trade
- To tap the tourism potential
- Water - make it reach to all homes, farms and factories
- Energy - generate more, use rationally, waste less
- Science and technology - India innovates and India leads
- Natural and national resources - use when required, protect where necessary
- Secure Indians - zero tolerance on terrorism, extremism and crime
- promises to tackle food inflation and price rise by setting up of special courts to stop hoarding and black marketing and price stabilisation fund.
- reiterates its stand to explore all possibilities within the framework of the Constitution to facilitate the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya
- promises a necessary legal framework to protect cow and its progeny and setting up of a National Cattle Development board.
- protection of India's ancient heritage and development of all heritage sites
- promises a uniform civil code to ensure gender equality
- committed to ensure that all communities are equal partners in India's progress
- promises total ban on manual scavenging
- barring multi-brand retail, it is open to Foreign Direct Investment in all other sectors
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