Campaigning for the fifth phase of
assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh will come to an end on Tuesday; One
crore, 53 lakh voters will decide the fate of 840 candidates in the
voting on Thursday.
49 seats are at stake in 13 district of Bundelkhand besides Central and Western regions of the state.
In the first four phases, voting took place in 226 assembly constituencies out of the total 405.
Congress releases manifesto for Goa Assembly polls
Congress party on
Monday released its election manifesto for next month's Assembly polls
in Goa, promising up to 150 units of free electricity and water to the
poor if voted to power in the state.
The manifesto was
released by All India Congress Committee general secretary Oscar
Fernandes in the presence of national and state party leaders.
The
manifesto seeks to address land issues and promises creation of an
agency that would train school dropouts in security and disaster
management skills.
Congress
has also assured to solve the problem of housing in the state by
providing 5,000 flats and row houses through the Housing Board
Corporation in the next five years.
"We
will also form a committee of agricultural experts to survey fallow
paddy fields and suggest an action plan to make it cultivable and fast
track courts would be set up to solve land related disputes," the
manifesto said.
The Congress has also promised a slum-free Goa through rehabilitation of existing slum dwellers.
The party has assured to increase the ceiling of mediclaim scheme from Rs 1.2 lakh to Rs seven lakh, covering all illness.
The
Congress further said that it would increase monthly allowance to
senior citizens under Dayanand Niradhar Yojana from Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,500
and every application of widow and handicapped people would be disposed
of within three months.
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