Lok Sabha elections 2024: NCP-Sharad Pawar unveils manifesto, promises ‘UPA, NRC review, LPG cylinder at ₹500’

The enactment besides promises a prohibition connected declaration labour successful Maharashtra, 50 per cent preservation successful jobs for women and ₹500 per cylinder if the INDIA bloc is elected astatine the Centre successful the Lok Sabha elections 2024. The enactment besides favours caste census, a request agelong been made by Congress, and abstracted committee for farmers' payment successful the manifesto.

Apart from that, the Sharad Pawar-led enactment said it supports afloat statehood for Jammu and Kashmir, scrapping of the Agnipath Scheme and rejects the thought of ‘one nation, 1 election’ – a argumentation promoted successful the BJP manifesto.

The manifesto, titled "Shapatnama", advocates empowering authorities and section governments, reviewing powerfulness organisation and enforcing law amendments. The Sharad Pawar-led party's manifesto besides highlights payment measures for the LGBTQ community.

"We volition request a law amendment to rise the 50 per cent headdress connected reservations. We volition prohibition declaration labour successful authorities sectors and legally support the declaration workers' benefits," Maharashtra NCP(SP) president Jayant Patil said.

The manifesto was unveiled successful the beingness of NCP (SP) main and erstwhile Union agriculture curate Sharad Pawar.

Jayant Patil said if the enactment gets a accidental to beryllium successful powerfulness astatine the Centre, it would springiness the Goods and Services Tax (GST) a "human face". "LPG cylinder prices volition beryllium kept astatine ₹500 and if necessary, volition beryllium subsidised by the government. Petrol, diesel taxation volition beryllium restructured," helium said.

To a query connected Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking to cognize what Pawar has contributed to the agriculture sector, the NCP (SP) main said, “I don't privation to respond to the remarks of those who person negligible cognition of the sector. He should archetypal talk connected what his authorities has done successful the past 10 years."

(With bureau inputs)

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Published: 25 Apr 2024, 01:25 PM IST