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In Delhi, Congress to release 3 manifestos for 3 seats; one with AAP to follow

The Congress, which is contesting three of the seven Parliamentary seats in the Capital while the AAP has fielded candidates on the remaining four, will also bring out a separate, pan-Delhi manifesto with its ally, Congress leaders said.

INDIA alliance poll manifesto, delhi LS seats, INDIA alliance Delhi manifesto, 3 manifestos for 3 seats; aam aadmi party, INDIA bloc ally, Delhi aap congress alliance, indian express newsCongress President Mallikarjun Kharge with Congress leaders Ajay Maken and Arvinder Singh Lovely (Express Photo by Amit Mehra)
Written by: Jatin Anand
3 min readNew DelhiApr 20, 2024 09:47 AM IST First published on: Apr 20, 2024 at 05:10 AM IST

After gathering suggestions from citizens over the last two months, the Congress will begin releasing constituency-wise manifestos for each of the three Lok Sabha seats it is contesting in Delhi over the coming week.

To be followed by a larger manifesto for Delhi and another one with its INDIA bloc ally, the AAP, party sources said each of these would be bound by the common strands of women empowerment and addressing unemployment — which are at the core of the party’s national manifesto.

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“The manifesto for each seat will combine the Congress’s vision to remedy issues across the country with local concerns which have been identified through dialogue with the public, RWAs and similar focus groups; prominent leaders will go door to door to personally deliver these to citizens. The party will release them over consecutive days next week,” a senior Delhi Congress leader said.

Jatin Anand is an Assistant Editor with the national political bureau of The Indian Express. With ov... Read More

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