‘Our apprenticeship promise is like MNREGA. We will make it a legal right … a world first’: Congress manifesto panel member
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: