Marathi pride and range of basic issues make MNS manifesto

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS President Raj Thackeray has come out with an lsquoaction planrsquo that focuses on various issues sectors and Marathi Asmita pride He said fulfilment of his manifesto will be a precondition for those who would want him to support their governmentThackeray released the manifesto five days ahead of the Assembly elections polling on Friday He also released a document that has listed his partyrsquos achievements since it was founded in 2006ldquoMany have released their respective manifestos saying they will do this and that but we have told the people what we will do and how we will fulfil our promises MNS is now 19 years old We have also informed the people about what we have done and how we have done itrdquo said Thackeray adding that he had come out with a blueprint of Maharashtrarsquos development in 2014ldquoI was ridiculed when I presented the blueprint The BJPSena alliance broke the day I presented it So it was not given much attention by the media then Nobody even bothered to ask me what was there in the blueprint in the past 10 years I have included many things from the blueprint in the 2024 manifestordquo said Thackeray whose party is contesting over 130 Assembly seats independent of any allianceHe said the issues are the same and problems havenrsquot changed in the past 10 years ldquoWe are still debating the same issuesrdquo he stated furtherThe manifestoThe first part of MNSrsquos manifesto deals with basic needs like food drinking water law and order womenrsquos safety public health primary education child caredevelopment and employment among others The second part includes transport electricity communication growing urbanisation solid wasteseweragestormwater management water management open spaces the environment biodiversity and the internet The third part focuses on industrycommerce policy good governance agriculture tourism and vocational education The fourth part is about the Marathi pride the use of the Marathi language in daily lifetransactions digital form and global platforms and the conservation of historic forts and traditional sports Each issue has been given a solutionFor example Thackeray said all of Mumbairsquos dumping grounds should be closed and the sites far from the city without human habitation should be identified The garbage should be carried by railway wagons to these dumping yards instead of the present system of truck transport he said adding that for this a dedicated railway corridor will have to be builtWhen asked he said that if anyone wanted his support postelection fulfilling the MNS manifesto would be a precondition He said the current elections were unprecedented in the statersquos political history He said the people should keep in mind defections and unholy alliances made by the people they had voted for in the last electionsHe said his manifesto didnrsquot have welfare schemes like lsquoLadki Bahin Yajanarsquo and lsquoMahalakshmi Yojanarsquo because he first thought of the overall financial strength of the state government before making any such promises ldquoSuch promises are meaningless It is a gift if they continue without burdening the state economy And if they continue without giving a thought to the growing financial burden I will say it is a lsquobribersquo Irsquom happy that women get some money from the governmentrdquo he said asking to assess the possibility of creating bigger problems through distribution of moneyThackeray informed that his rally proposed to be held at Shivaji Park on November 17 has been cancelled because the government hadnrsquot yet given permission for it The Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena has also applied for permission to hold a rally at Shivaji Park on November 17 which is the late Sena founder Balasaheb Thackerayrsquos death anniversary2006Year MNS was founded