- An alliance between the Samajwadi Party and the Congress has been sealed for the polls.
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav releases the party’s election manifesto with wife Dimple Yadav.
- Mulayam Singh and Shivpal Yadav gave the event a miss.
- Addressing the gathering, he says his government has set an example and fulfilled all their promises.
- He launches an attack on the Modi government and Mayawati’s BSP.
- “Secular politics, development politics are my priorities,” says Akhilesh.
- The 32-page manifesto announces many schemes touching almost every sector of rural life.
Secular Politics, Development Politics My Priority: Akhilesh
Appealing to the people to give Samajwadi Party one more chance, Akhilesh Yadav says “we will carry minorities, muslims along with us.”
He adds that “secular politics and development politics are my priorities.”
Akhilesh Attacks Modi Govt, Mayawati
In his speech, Akhilesh Yadav launches an attack on the Modi government saying it’s been three years since they promised ‘achhe din’, but they have nothing to talk about development.
What is the definition of your ‘achhe din’? You handed brooms in the name of ‘acche din’. Those who showed us the dream of digital India, I would like to ask what were the steps taken in that direction.
He calls Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ‘patthar wali sarkar’ and says they have done nothing but erect stone statues of elephants, its poll symbol.
If BSP comes to power, its government will just install bigger elephants.Akhilesh Yadav
SP Announces Various Schemes for Voters
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav announces Samajwadi Party’s (SP) election manifesto in Lucknow for the upcoming assembly polls, while Mulayam Singh and Shivpal Yadav gave the event a miss.
Akhilesh said the way registrations have been done, “if voting gets done in the same way, SP will get 300 seats.”
Leaving no stone unturned to storm back to power in Uttar Pradesh, the election manifesto touches almost every sector of rural life.
We will be giving Rs 1,000 as pension to 1 crore people. Poor people will be given free wheat and rice. Poor kids of primary school will be given 1 litre ghee and 1kg of milk powder every month.Akhilesh Yadav, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Women have been given 50 percent off in roadways buses. The party has promised free medical services to people earning less than Rs 1.5 lakh per year.
The 32-page manifesto carried the photographs of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, his father and SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav, but no snap of Shivpal Yadav.
Establishment of farmers' fund and 24-hour supply power in rural areas are among the many promises the party has made.
They have also announced the distribution of free smartphones under the party’s scheme, free cycle for girls studying in class 9th to 12th and pressure cooker for poor women.
Akhilesh announced that the state’s metro train network will be expanded to Agra, Kanpur, Varanasi and Meerut.