BJP on Friday promised to good
governance and clean politics but Congress came out with plans to create
20 lakh jobs for unemployed youth in their manifestos for the Assembly
elections in Uttar Pradesh.
The
BJP also outlined its economic plans including creation of one crore
jobs in five years, sops to farmers and those below poverty line.
BJP,
which has been struggling hard to regain its pre-eminent position in
the state, brought back the Ayodhya issue which had once propelled the
party to the centre stage of national politics in the late 80s and
through the nineties.
"Construction
of a grand temple is associated with the faith of crores of people of
the country. Ram is the symbol of prestige, pride and dignity of the
country. "Unfortunately due to pseudo-secularism and vote bank politics
it is being opposed. BJP is committed to removing all the hurdles in the
path of construction of Ram temple," said the manifesto, released by a
battery of leaders including Uma Bharati, the hindutva mascot.
The
party also opposed religion-based reservation and attacked the Congress
for the Centre's decision to carve out a 4.5 per cent sub-quota for
Muslims from the 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in jobs.
On
the other hand, the Congress party brought out a "Vision Document 2020"
for Uttar Pradesh, where it has been out of power for over two decades,
by promising to set up 1000 skill centres and create two lakh jobs.
The
document was released in 10 different cities by a host of leaders.
Union Minister Salman Khurshid and UPCC President Rita Bahuguna released
the document in Lucknow which promised to provide sub-quota for most
backward classes and eliminate corruption.
The
document also envisioned job and education quota for socially and
educationally backward minorities among OBCs commensurate with their
population.
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