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Tight public finances after the next election could leave any potential Labour government forced to make significant decisions on taxation and borrowing to pursue its manifesto plans, after Wednesday's Budget saw chancellor Jeremy Hunt eat into the party's plans to raise revenue.
All India Professionals’ Congress chairperson Praveen Chakravarty is among the key members of the Opposition party’s manifesto committee. On the day Congress leader Rahul Gandhi announced the party’s five poll guarantees for the youth, Chakravarty discussed the rationale behind the promises, including the right to apprenticeship, and how it will fulfil them if voted to power. Excerpts:
The Congress party has promised a comprehensive social security cover for gig workers, an immediate recruitment on at least 30 lakh vacant Central government posts and 33 per cent reservation for women in government jobs in its manifesto, a draft of which was handed over to party Chief on March 6 by the members of the Congress Manifesto Committee.
The Congress party may promise a Germany-style apprenticeship and compensation for paper leaks to woo young voters in its manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024, according to a report.
Having decided to frame unemployment as one of its major talking points against the BJP government during the Lok Sabha poll campaign, the Congress is set to come up with some “out of the box” promises in its manifesto to ease joblessness and soften the blow of repeated exam paper leaks, hoping they would strike a chord with the youth.
With just months away from the Lok Sabha elections, Congress in its manifesto is likely to announce caste census and promise on law on MSP (minimum support prices) to the farmers, a report by Hindustan Times has stated. In addition to this, a senior member of the Congress manifesto panel have also stated that it would contain SOPs for women, youth, farmers and workers.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched its poll campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha Election 2024 with a new slogan, "Modi ko chunte hai" (let us choose Prime Minister Narendra Modi). He also inaugurates multiple development projects worth over ₹19,100 crores in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. But there's more to the BJP's poll campaign.