Jharkhand polls: INDIA bloc promises 10 lakh jobs, health cover in manifesto

The INDIA bloc on Tuesday unveiled its manifesto for the upcoming Jharkhand assembly elections promising 10 lakh jobs for youth and health insurance coverage of up to Rs 15 lakh for the poorThe BJP on the other hand called the JMM and Congress experts in making false promisesThe 7 guarantees the election manifesto of the INDIA bloc includes social justice by enhancing reservations for STs to 28 per cent from 26 per cent for SCs to 12 per cent from 10 per cent and for OBCs to 27 per cent from 14 per cent at presentINDIA bloc will ensure 10 lakh jobs for youth and Rs 15 lakh health cover for the poor Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said while jointly releasing the manifesto with Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and RJDs JP YadavKharge said Whenever we talk about any guarantees Prime Minister Narendra Modi immediately criticises it PM Modi came here and during his speech he mentioned my name and said that there is no reliability of Congresss guarantees Congress fulfills all its guarantees but Modis guarantees never get fulfilledINDIA bloc promised to increase the free monthly ration for the poor to 7 kg from 5 kg and make available gas cylinders at Rs 450 in Jharkhand as against BJPs promise of providing it at Rs 500 in addition to two free cylinders during festivalsThe other guarantees unveiled include guarantee of domicile policy based on 1932 Khatiyan land record settlement implementation of a separate Sarna religious code for tribals and protection and conservation of regional languagesThe INDIA bloc also promised that paddy would be procured at a minimum support price MSP of Rs 3200 per quintal from the existing Rs 2400 per quintal besides enhancing MSP for procurement of forest produce by 50 per centThe BJP in its manifesto has announced an MSP of Rs 3100 for paddyUnder the guarantee of education degree colleges will be set up in all blocks and engineering medical colleges and universities in district headquartersAlso industrial parks will be set up on 500 acres of land each in all district headquarters to create employment opportunities for the youthThe manifesto also promises to enhance Maiyan Samman Yojana amount to Rs 2500 per month against the current financial assistance of Rs 1000 to women per monthThe INDIA bloc also pledged to form a Welfare Ministry for Backward Classes to address issues pertaining to themSoren said After this election the coming government will move forward with the guarantees that we have launched todayResponding to the unveiling of INDIA blocs manifesto the BJP called the JMM and Congress experts in making false promisesThe JMM and Congress are experts in making false promises But people have also understood them and they no longer take these promises seriously BJP working president Ravindra Rai told reporters hereHe said that the promises made by the JMMled alliance in 2019 proved to be falseThey are neither politically serious nor matured They made some promises after seeing the BJPs manifesto Rai allegedHe said the state government started giving Rs 1000 to women three months ahead of the electionsNow they are promising to give Rs 2500 per month If they were able to give Rs 2500 why did they start with Rs 1000 per month he questionedThe Jharkhand Reservation in Vacancies of Posts and Services Amendment Bill 2022 was passed in the state assembly in November 2022 and raised the quota for reservations in government jobs for STs SCs EBCs OBCs and economically weaker sections EWS to 77 per cent from current 60 per centHowever the bill which was passed by a special session of the assembly came with the caveat that the Act shall take effect after it is included in the ninth schedule of the Constitution of IndiaWhile the new law was greeted by celebratory crowds critics lashed out at it as a political gimmick by the Hemant Soren governmentIn the proposed reservation local people belonging to the Scheduled Caste SC community will get a quota of 12 per cent Scheduled Tribes 28 per cent extremely backward classes EBCs 15 per cent Other Backward Communities OBCs 12 per cent and EWS barring those from the other reserved categories 10 per centAt present the STs enjoy 26 per cent reservation in Jharkhand while SCs have 10 per cent quota and OBCs 14 per centIncreasing reservation was an electoral promise of all mainstream parties in 2019 including the ruling UPA allies JMM Congress and RJDThe Jharkhand governor had last year returned the bill to the government based on the legal opinion provided by the Attorney General of IndiaAs far as domicile policy is concerned Jharkhand Definition of Local Persons and for Extending the Consequential Social Cultural and other Benefits to Such Local Persons Bill 2022 was passed in a special session of the Jharkhand assembly on November 11 2022 by voice voteHowever the governor had returned it to the government with some suggestions last yearThe Jharkhand Assembly on December 20 2023 once again passed the bill that proposes to use 1932 land records to determine peoples domicile status without any amendment as sought by the governorElections to the 81member Jharkhand Assembly will be held on November 13 and 20 and the counting of votes will take place on November 23This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever