Gujarat Election Date 2022: Congress releases manifesto for Gujarat polls with BIG promises, 10-Point guide | Check Gujarat Election Result Date 2022, Full schedule of Gujarat Assembly Election 2022

Gujarat Election Date 2022, Gujarat Election Result Date 2022: With a view to end corruption and irregularities in government recruitments in the state, the Congress plans to bring a special act and set up fast track courts to deal with such cases.

Congress makes big promises in its manifesto for the Gujarat elections. Image Source: PTI (File)

Gujarat Election Date 2022, Gujarat Election Result Date 2022: Rajasthan Chief Minister and Congress' senior observer for Gujarat assembly elections 2022 Ashok Gehlot released the party manifesto at the state party headquarters in Ahmedabad in the presence of other party leaders. Elections to the 182-member Assembly in Gujarat, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is currently in power, will be held in two phases.

Here are 10 things about the Congress manifesto for Gujarat Elections 2022

1) The grand old party has promised ten lakh jobs in government and semi-government departments, free medical treatment of up to Rs 10 lakh, LPG cylinder at Rs 500 and 300 units of free electricity every month.

2) The Congress party, which has been out of power in Gujarat for more than two decades, also promised unemployment allowance of Rs 3,000 per month, Rs 2,000 pension to divyangs, widows, senior citizens and needy women, and waiver of loans of up to Rs 3 lakh of all fishermen.

3) The party plans to form a commission for the implementation of manifesto and turn it into a government document after the Congress forms a government in the state.

4) The party also said that the New Pension Scheme will be discarded in Gujarat and the Old Pension Scheme will be implemented in its place if the party is voted to power.

5) In the manifesto, the party promised to fill nearly 10 lakh vacant posts in government and semi-government departments.

6) It will provide LPG cylinder at a subsidized rate of Rs 500 and 300 units of free electricity every month, free medical treatment of up to Rs 10 lakh in government-run hospitals, scholarships of up to Rs 20,000 to the needy students, a slash of 25 per cent in the fees presently charged by schools and colleges.

7) Congress will give a pension of Rs 2,000 to divyangs, widows, senior citizens and needy women. Salaried class as well as other professionals covered under Income Tax will be exempted from paying professional tax, said the party manifesto.

8) The party will waive loan of up to Rs 3 lakh of all fishermen and Rs 1,000 crore will be allotted for the upkeep of cow and cattle shelters.

9) With a view to end corruption and irregularities in government recruitments in the state, the Congress will bring a special act and set up fast track courts to deal with such cases.

10) The Congress' manifesto committee chairman Dipak Babaria said the party interacted with nearly 65 lakh people before preparing this poll document.

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