Congress manifesto reflects the voice of the people, their hopes, aspirations, concerns, worries, difficulties and neglects as it was drafted after careful deliberations among Congress president Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Smt. Sonia Gandhi and Shri Rahul Gandhi and senior leaders—Haroon Yusuf

 

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Congress manifesto reflects the voice of the people,  their hopes, aspirations, concerns, worries, difficulties and neglects  as it was drafted after careful deliberations among Congress president Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Smt. Sonia Gandhi and Shri Rahul Gandhi and senior leaders—Haroon Yusuf

 

After coming to power at the Centre, Congress will address woes of the people, like air and water pollution and their health concerns—Congress

 

Congress will scrap the Agnipath scheme when the party comes to power at the Centre—Congress

 

NEW DELHI, April 9, 2024—Former Delhi Minister Shri Haroon Yusuf said that the Congress Nyay Patra (Manifesto) for the Lok Sabha elections  was the voice of the people, reflecting their hopes, aspirations, concerns, worries, difficulties and neglects  which Shri Rahul Gandhi had experienced first hand during his Bharat Jodo Yatra and Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, respectively, across the country. He said that the manifesto was drafted to provide relief to all sections of people, with .Congress offering five guarantees, with each guarantee having five assurances for a total of 25.

 

Addressing a press conference at the DPCC office, Rajiv Bhawan here today, along with senior leader Shri Chattar Singh and spokesperson Shri Anuj Attrey, Shri Haroon Yusuf said that the Congress manifesto was a comprehensive document with Congress president Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Smt. Sonia Gandhi and Shri Rahul Gandhi giving personal attention to the details in the Nyay Patra for the welfare and uplift of all category of people. He said that under the BJP rule, inequality between the rich on the one hand and the poor and the middle class  on the other hand have increased sharply, dealing a body blow to the goals of equality,  equity and social and economic justice. He said that the decline in the growth rate has serious consequences for the people, especially for those who belong to the poor and the middle classes. He said that the BJP was targeting the Congress Nyay Patra because the communal party’s  Guarantees have no warranty. 

 

Shri Haroon Yusuf said that  the Congress manifesto was drafted after careful deliberations unlike the BJP, which only made hollow promises in the past 10 years to deceive and neglect the people.  He said that Congress will fulfil the aspirations of crores of people across the country, as people have been experiencing untold misery for the past ten years, under the BJP Government.

 

Shri Chattar Singh said that Congress’ guarantees to the youth, women, farmers, workers and equity include Rs one lakh yearly stipend for educated youth to do apprenticeship for their first job, filling up 30 lakh job vacancies in various Government departments, Rs one lakh per year to the woman head of a poor family, legal gurantee for MSP for farmers under the Swaminathan Commission formula as well as debt relief, Rs 400 per day minimum wage for workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, social audit and nation-wide Socio-Economic and Caste Census to enumerate the castes for affirmative action. He said that Congress will come out with a Delhi-specific manifesto for addressing the issues of Delhi, including the toxic air pollution, which aggregated in the Capital due to the inaction of the BJP Government at the Centre.

 

Shri Haroon Yusuf said that Congress’ other gurantees include Rs 5000 crore start-up fund for youth, 50 per cent reservation for women in Government jobs, Constitutional amendment to remove the 50 per cent reservation cap to provide full reservation to SC/ST and OBC and Rs 25 lakh health cover for workers, and free treatment in hospitals. He said that all these guarantees will be implemented as soon as Congress assumes power at the Centre.

 

Shri Anuj Attrey said that Congress fulfills the promises it makes to the people. He said that under the Dr Manmohan Singh Government at the Centre, the UPA Government implemented the RTI Act, Right to Education, Rural Employment Guarantee and Food Security Act, to empower the people.He said that the Congress Government also strengthened the economy of the country, but due to the destructive policies of the BJP Government, the economy of the country was in tatters.now.

 

TWO  BJP FORMER  COUNCILLORS JOIN CONGRESS

Three senior BJP leaders, Shri Chattar Singh Racchoya and former Municipal Councillors Bhoomi Racchoya and Jyoti Rachoya today joined Delhi Congress in the presence of Shri Haroon Yusuf, Shri Chattar Singh and Shri Anuj Attrey. They were given the Congress scarf to welcome them into the Congress family, and promised that they would be given suitable positions in the party. They said that they left BJP as they were disillusioned with the communal agenda of the BJP without doing anything for the welfare of the people.