BJP Releases Manifesto For UP Polls; Promises Stricter Love Jihad Law, Free Electricity For Farmers | Highlights

BJP UP Manifesto: Polling for the 403-member Uttar Pradesh Assembly is scheduled to be held in seven phases from February 10 to March 7 and the counting of votes will be held on March 10. 

Lucknow: Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday released the Bharatiya Janata Party’s manifesto for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2022. “BJP UP team has given form to this ‘Sankalp Patra’. It is not just a ‘ghoshna patra’, it is UP govt’s resolution… the 2017 ‘Sankalp Patra’ had 212 resolutions, of which 92 have been fulfilled. We do what we say”, said Home Minister Shah after releasing the party’s manifesto.  Echoing similar remarks, Chief Minister Adityanath asserted that the party has fulfilled all the promises it had made five years ago. Furthermore, he claimed that the law and order have improved in the state.

Besides the ‘Sankalp Patra’, the party also released its election song. Earlier on Sunday, the party had postponed the release of its manifesto in view of the death of legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar. The manifesto release program was scheduled at the BJP office here at 10.15 am, and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, and state party president had gathered for it.

Lucknow: Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah, CM Yogi Adityanath and other leaders of the party release party's manifesto for #UttarPradeshElections pic.twitter.com/0QKJbwGANO

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Some promises BJP Made in its ‘Sankalp Patra’

• Free electricity to farmers for irrigation.
• Free scooties to college-going girls under the Rani Laxmi Bai Yojana.
• Free public transportation for women over 60 years of age.
• Two free LPG cylinders on the occasion of Diwali and Holi under the PM’s Ujjwala Yojana.
• Minimum of 10 years of imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 1 lakh in Love Jihad cases.

Polling for the 403-member Uttar Pradesh Assembly is scheduled to be held in seven phases from February 10 to March 7 and the counting of votes will be held on March 10.