Who will Muslim voters vote for the BJP or Congress? The Congress on Friday released its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections. The manifesto, which was officially issued by Congress presidents Malikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, has been named ‘Nyay Patra’.
What is in the Congress’ justice paper-
1. The focus will be on maintaining the status quo in Ladakh.
2. Amendment of the Constitution to reserve 50 per cent seats for women in government jobs.
3. Contractual jobs in PSUs and government jobs will be made permanent.
4. Reservation will be given to SC/ST, OBC category in private educational institutions.
5. Rohith Vemula will bring laws on the basis of caste to protect students from any kind of harassment.
6. Pension for senior citizens, divyangs will be increased to Rs 1,000 per month.
7. Free healthcare including cashless insurance up to Rs 25 lakh for diagnosis, surgery, medicines and public healthcare.
8. Mahalakshmi Yojana will be launched for poor families. Where they will be given unconditional Rs 1 lakh.
9. Work will be done on how to bring the money before disbursing it.
10. Nationwide socio-economic and caste will be counted. Where caste, sub-caste and their economic status will be known.
11. The reservation of SC, ST and OBC will be increased to 50 percent.
12. All posts reserved for ST, SC and OBC will be appointed within one year.
13) 30 lakh government jobs.
14. New laws are enacted to prevent the leakage of question papers.
15) Salary hike for anganwadi centre staff, ASHA workers and mid-day mill employees.
16) The number of hostels for working women has doubled.
17. GST will be removed from essential commodities for farmers. There will also be a legal guarantee on MSP along with Swaminathan formula.
18) In case of damage to the crop, the farmer will be given money within 30 days.
19) Increase in the wages of workers to Rs 400. It will also be implemented with MGNREGA. Such schemes will also be brought in urban areas.
20. Life and accidental insurance will be provided for workers working in the unorganized sector.
The districts with the largest Muslim population in Assam are 70.74 per cent in Barpeta, 50.52 per cent in Bongaigaon, 64.34 per cent in Darrang, 79.67 per cent in Dhubri, 57.52 per cent in Goalpara, 60.31 per cent in Hailakandi, 57.36 per cent in Karimganj, 52.56 per cent in Morigaon, 52.56 per cent in Morigaon, 55.36 per cent in Nagaon.