BJP releases manifesto in Rajasthan, claims 94% of promises made before last polls achieved

JAIPUR: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday released its manifesto for the upcoming elections in Rajasthan. Named as 'Rajasthan gaurav sankalp patra', the BJP said they are confident that the party will come back to power in the state again.

The BJP also claimed that 94 per cent of the promises it made before coming to power in 2013 have been fulfilled. The manifesto was released by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the presence of union minister Prakash Javadekar and Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.

While releasing the manifesto, Jaitley said that BJP's Sankalp Patra is a roadmap for the future of Rajasthan. 

The BJP has promised 30,000 new government jobs every year, 50 lakh employment opportunities over the next five years in the private sector and an allowance for the educated jobless in its manifesto. It also held out a possibility to farmers of doubling their income, helped by a new Rs 250-crore fund to encourage rural start-ups.

The party also promised an expansion of cooperative loans for the agriculture sector, saying loans worth Rs 1 lakh crore will be disbursed in the next five years.

Talking about the achievements of her government, Raje said that they worked to strengthen women from the time of their birth to old age. She said that the government gave laptops, scooty and cycles to girls in schools. She added that state government worked to ensure better facilities for female students through the Rajshree Yojana.

She also said that the Eastern Rajasthan Canal project, which addresses the irrigation and drinking water problem in 13 districts of eastern Rajasthan, will be taken up on priority if the party comes back to power in the state.

Voting in Rajasthan will be held in a single-phase on December 7 and counting will be held on December 11.