STATE TIMES NEWS
DHARAMSHALA (HP): Holding the first press conference after the release of BJP’s election manifesto by its National President J P Nadda yesterday, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said, the BJP Government’s top priority in Himachal Pradesh in the next 5 year term will be women centric reforms and schemes.
In addition, youth employment, StartUps and farmers will be the party’s main priorities, he added.
He said, BJP has a proven record of having fulfilled every promise made in each manifesto and those who mocked us for including abrogation of article 370 and Ram Mandir in our manifestos are also now compelled to believe that the BJP leadership fulfils each of its commitment at appropriate time and therefore the people trust us.
Dr Jitendra accused the Congress governments in Himachal Pradesh of promoting their families and dynasties which resulted in perpetual neglect of women, youth, farmers and other sections of society.
He said, while the Congress govt only gave preference to the empowerment and benefits of the members of the ruling families, the BJP government is reaching out to those who did not receive attention during the Congress rule.
Referring to BJP’s Manifesto “Sankalp Patra 2022” Dr Jitendra Singh told the journalists that 11 promises made in the manifesto as “Stree Shakti Sankalp” will not only give huge empowerment to women in the State but will also make them self-reliant (Atmanirbhar) and give them much needed dignity with security and financial independence.
Replying to promises made in manifesto and its implementation after coming to power, Dr Jitendra one is free to pick the manifesto of the BJP and will find most of the promises fulfilled, be it scrapping of Article 370, Article 35a, giving citizenship to refugees or making Ram Temple at Ayodhya. He said, people were scared to touch them, but Modi has taken a stand on issues with clarity and resolved them.
On the questions of rebel candidates of BJP fighting election, Dr Jitendra Singh said, those who say so are possibly not aware of BJP’s working and its tradition as it is a cadre-based party, not controlled by any dynasty and here every Karyakarta is equal, which is why, whenever there is an election at any level, whether it is Panchayat or Legislative Assembly or Lok Sabha and whichever be the State, all the members of the party from top to bottom collectively join the campaign.
