He further said that if voted to power, the party would provide MSP on all crops under the Swaminathan formula.”We have named our vision document as ‘Janta Ka Maang Patra – Humara Adhikar’...reports Asian Lite News
With only few days left for the Lok Sabha elections, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday released the party’s manifesto, promising a caste-based census by 2025.The party’s 20-page vision document titled ‘Hamara Adhikar’, released at the SP headquarters here in the presence of senior party leaders, also promises to end the Agnipath scheme and introduce regular recruitment in the armed forces.Addressing a press conference here, Akhilesh Yadav said that by 2025, all government vacancies of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes will be filled.
He further said that if voted to power, the party would provide MSP on all crops under the Swaminathan formula.”We have named our vision document as ‘Janta Ka Maang Patra – Humara Adhikar’. The main demands in this vision document are – the right to protect the constitution, the right to protect democracy, the right to freedom of media, and the right to social justice… the right to social justice is needed for the development of the country. Inclusive development isn’t possible without the caste census.
Caste census is the axis of development of the country,” Yadav said.The party also promised that the SP would end the Agnipath scheme and introduce regular recruitment in the armed forces.”…The vision document says – the caste census shouldn’t be delayed. We will conduct a caste census by 2025, and based on that, justice and participation for all will be ensured by 2029. Legal guarantee to MSP to the farmers on all crops and that too is to be calculated based on the Swaminathan formula. Old Pension Scheme (OPS) will be launched for everyone including paramilitary personnel. Agniveer policy will be put to an end and again the regular recruitments will be done in the armed forces,” the SP supremo said.The SP and the Congress, both members of the opposition INDIA bloc, are fighting the polls in Uttar Pradesh as allies. (ANI)
BJP releases 10th list of candidates
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released its 10th list of 9 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, fielding party’s Rajya Sabha MP Neeraj Shekhar from Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia.
Neeraj Shekhar, the son of former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, was a Lok Sabha MP from 2007 to 2014, representing SP from Ballia, the constituency earlier held by his father. In 2014, Shekhar lost the polls to his BJP rival and was nominated to the Rajya Sabha.
He was not fielded by the SP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections after that, he quit the SP and joined the BJP which sent him to the Upper House of Parliament.
The BJP has named Paras Nath Rai from Ghazipur who will take on Afzal Ansari, a candidate of the Samajwadi Party and Congress alliance.
The list which was released on Wednesday had eight new names, while the party replaced its candidate from West Bengal’s Asansol.
The party, earlier fielded Bhojpuri star Pawan Singh from Asansol, who has now been replaced by sitting BJP MP SS Ahluwalia.
BJP has fielded Sanjay Tandon from Chandigarh, while B.P. Saroj has been given a ticket from Machhlishahr.
Jaiveer Singh Thakur will contest from Mainpuri, a Samajwadi Party’s bastion. The SP re-nominated Dimple Yadav from the seat.
Vinod Sonkar will fight from Kaushambi while Praveen Patel will contest the elections from the Phulpur seat.
Neeraj Tripathi has been fielded from Prayagraj.
The election for 543 Lok Sabha seats will be held in seven phases starting April 19.
Nearly 97 crore voters are eligible to cast votes in the general election.
The counting of votes will take place on June 4. In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) won 303 seats, while the Indian National Congress (INC) managed to get only 52 seats.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) won 282 seats, while the Indian National Congress (INC) managed to get only 44 seats. (ANI)
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