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New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced its eagerly awaited manifesto, named ‘Sankalp Patra,’ for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 on the birth anniversary of Dr. BR Ambedkar, honouring one of the main framers of the Constitution with this symbolic move. The Sankalp Patra was released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP chief JP Nadda at the BJP headquarters in national capital. After starting the work on India’s first bullet train in its previous terms, the saffron party, in its election manifesto, pledged to work on providing the more bullet trains other regions.
Making big announcements, PM Modi stated that the Central Government plans to introduce bullet trains in North, East, and South India. Giving example of Ahmedabad Mumbai Bullet Train, which work is going on, PM Modi stated that bullet trains will run in North, East, And South India.
“BJP will also expand Vande Bharat trains to every corner of the country. 3 models of Vande Bharat will run in the country – Vande Bharat Sleeper, Vande Bharat Chaircar and Vande Bharat Metro. Today the work of the Ahmedabad Mumbai Bullet Train is going on in full swing and is almost reaching completion. In the same way, one Bullet Train will run in North India, one Bullet Train in South India and one Bullet Train in Eastern India. Survey work for this will also be started soon,” he said.
“We are constructing the first Bullet Train corridor in the country. Using the experience gained so far, we will initiate feasibility studies for Bullet Train Corridors in North, South and East India,” the party said.
In 2017, the Modi government revealed plans for a high-speed train, tapping into Japan’s esteemed Shinkansen technology. The project, which aims to link Mumbai and Ahmedabad, is now on track for its start in 2026. Originally intended to wrap up by 2022, land acquisition hurdles chalked up delays. Fast forward to October 2023, the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) proudly announced they’ve clinched 100% of the required land in Gujarat for the bullet train venture. The recent advancements have edged the whole land secured in Gujarat, Maharashtra, and the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu up to 99.95%!
It is funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) with a soft loan of Rs 88,000 crore. The entire project is expected to cost around Rs 1.10 lakh crore.
Once functional, the bullet trains will cover a distance of around 508 kilometres between Mumbai and Ahmedabad in around 3.5 hours.
The BJP had appointed a manifesto committee headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh that met twice to deliberate on its contents after the party had launched multiple exercises, including massive campaigns across the country to seek people’s suggestions before the release of the ‘Sankalp Patra’.
The BJP received over 1.5 million suggestions for its manifesto, including more than 400,000 through the NaMo app and over 1.1 million through videos.
India’s Lok Sabha elections are on the horizon from April 19th to June 1st, 2024. This pivotal period will decide the 543 members who’ll come to represent us in the 18th Lok Sabha. The polls are slated to unfold over seven nail-biting stages, with all eyes set to tune in to the grand reveal of results on June 4th.
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