KHANAPUR/GANGAVATHI: Promises rained as campaigning for the May 10 assembly elections continued at a hectic pace in Karnataka on Sunday.
While AICC member Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra campaigned in Khanapur, Belagavi district, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath addressed a rally on behalf of BJP candidate Paranna Munavalli in Gangavathi (Koppal district).
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However, promises made by the two functionaries were on opposite ends of the spectrum.
Besides the party’s five big pre-poll promises, Priyanka said Congress will raise salaries of anganwadi and ASHA workers if the party forms the government. She said, pay for Anganwadi workers will be increased up to Rs 15,000 while for mini anganwadi workers it will go up to Rs 10,000. She also promised to increase paychecks of ASHA workers to Rs 8,000 and midday meal workers to Rs 5,000.
Priyanka claimed the BJP government had looted Rs 1. 5 lakh crore from Karnataka. She claimed that with that kind of money, 100 AIIMS hospitals or 2,250km of six-lane expressways or 137 ESI hospitals could have been built.
“The loot is so big that 30lakh houses or 30,000 smart classrooms could have been constructed. Now it is up to you, if you want the same government to continue or want a change,” she said.
Meanwhile, UP CM Adityanath promised voters rail connectivity between Gangavathi, believed to be the birthplace of lord Hanuman, to Ayodhya Ram Mandir.
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He said construction of the Sri Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is going on rapidly and it will be inaugurated in 2024.
“The Karnataka government has already given a grant of Rs 120 crore for the development of Anjanadri Hills, the birthplace of Lord Hanuman. The central government will provide a rail link from Gangavathi to Ayodhya to facilitate darshan of Anjaneya and Rama,” he said.
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Karnataka assembly elections: BJP releases poll manifesto, here’s what party promises
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Karnataka assembly elections: BJP releases poll manifesto, here’s what party promises
<p>BJP promises to provide 3 free cooking gas cylinders to all BPL families annually; one each during the months of Yugadi, Ganesh Chaturthi and Deepavali.<br /></p>
<p>BJP promises to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Karnataka based on the recommendations given by a high-level committee which is to be constituted for the purpose.<br /><br /></p>
<p>BJP promises to improve the “ease of living” of apartment dwellers in Bengaluru by constituting the Karnataka Residents’ Welfare Consultative Committee to reform the Karnataka Apartment Ownership Act, 1972.<br /></p>
<p>BJP promises to allocate Rs 1,500 crore to develop the Kalyana Circuit, Banavasi Circuit, Parashurama Circuit, Kaveri Circuit and Ganagapura Corridor, to transform Karnataka into India’s most favoured tourist destination.<br /></p>
<p>BJP promises to set up a Rs 30,000 crore K-Agri Fund to establish micro-cold storage facilities, agro processing units in all GPs, undertake modernisation and digitisation of APMCs.<br /></p>
<p>BJP promises to develop Bengaluru for the next generation by designating it as ‘State Capital Region’, and executing a comprehensive, technology-led city development program .<br /></p>
<p>BJP promises to strengthen the public healthcare infrastructure in the state through ‘Mission Swasthya Karnataka’ by establishing one Namma clinic, equipped with diagnostic facilities, in every ward of municipal corporations. <br /></p>
<p>BJP promises to introduce the Visvesvaraya Vidya Yojane under which the state government will partner with eminent individuals and institutions for holistic upgradation of government schools to top class standards.<br /></p>
<p>BJP promises to set up an ‘Atal Aahara Kendra’ in every ward of every municipal corporation in the state to provide affordable, quality and healthy food across the state.<br /></p>
<p>BJP will launch the ‘Poshana’ scheme through which every BPL household will be provided with half litre Nandini milk every day and 5 kg Shri Anna – siri dhanya through monthly ration kits.<br /></p>
<p>BJP will transform Karnataka into a premier hub of Electric Vehicles, by setting up charging stations, supporting 1,000 startups, converting BMTC buses into fully electric buses, and creating an “EV City” on the outskirts of Bengaluru.<br /><br /></p>
<p>We will broaden the scope of the Production Linked Incentive Scheme by incorporating a comprehensive plan that encompasses logistics, industrial clusters, connectivity, and export facilities generating 10 lakh manufacturing jobs ‘Beyond Bengaluru’<br /></p>
<p>BJP will launch ‘Sarvarigu Suru Yojane’ under which the Revenue Department will distribute 10 lakh housing sites across the state to the siteless/homeless beneficiaries.<br /></p>
<p>BJP will launch the “Onake Obavva Samajika Nyaya Nidhi” scheme through which we will provide a matching deposit up to Rs10,000 on 5 year fixed deposits made under the scheme by women of SC, ST households.<br /></p>
In his 25-minute speech, Yogi chanted the mantra of Hinduism and asserted that development is possible only with a double-engine government. “If BJP is voted again in Karnataka, the constituency of Ram devotees will develop rapidly. Therefore, you should vote for a double engine government,” he said.
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