Sanjha Morchas CMP comes with a Red tinge

Sanjha Morchaan alliance of Peoples Party of Punjab,Communist Party of India (Marxist),Communist Party of India and Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal)released their Common Minimum Programme on Sunday,which borders on being populist and reflects Leftist ideology.

Listen to this article

00:00

1x 1.5x 1.8x

Sanjha Morchaan alliance of Peoples Party of Punjab,Communist Party of India (Marxist),Communist Party of India and Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal)released their Common Minimum Programme on Sunday,which borders on being populist and reflects Leftist ideology.

It talks of providing homes to all homeless Punjabis residing in villages,providing atta at Rs 2 per kg and dal at Rs 3 per kg to all below poverty lines (BPL) families,withdrawing cases on trade union leaders which they party claim are false,giving unemployment allowance to all unemployed youth of Punjab among others.

The programme also talks of reviving the Rajiv Longowal accord and solve issues like giving Chandigarh to Punjab,inter-state water and issues of territories within the frame work of this now defunct accord.

Story continues below this ad

The programme,which is mainly silent on infrastructural development apart from mentioning some roads,does not talk of avenues from which more revenue will be generated.

Manpreet Badal,who has always opposed the populist agenda of SAD(B) and for which he lefst the party,is silent on subsidies,talks of removing farmers from agriculture and providing them with employment in industries which will set up in rural areas. However,it does not talk of how these farmers will be equipped with skills to work in the industrial units.

Free health check up for students,fixing accountability of teachers,free treatment in government-run hospitals,tax holidays to industrial units in rural areas among others are some of the highlights of the programme.

Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram