No manifesto, BJP ready with ‘nagar vikas sankalp patra’ for voter outreach

A total of 37 districts will vote in the first phase of elections on May 4. Other 38 districts will go to the polls on May 11.

The nagar vikas sankalp patra carries photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party national president J P Nadda, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, both UP Deputy CMs – Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, and the party’s state president Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary. That patra also has the slogan, “Aao banayen triple engine ki sarkar”.

With 28 points in the patra, the party has made claims about ongoing development work. That patra has been sent to every district for distribution in nagar nigams, nagar palikas and nagar panchayats.

As law and order and crackdown on the mafias are the major highlights in the speeches of Adityanath in his campaign during civic polls, party in the nagar vikas sankalp patra has claimed that the state was becoming free from crime and criminals due to the policy of zero tolerance against crime.

The patra also says that to ensure security of women, female police constables have been deployed, pink booths have been set up and scooty has been provided to these constables for rapid response.

“CCTVs are being installed on main roads and anti-romeo squads are operating,” reads the patra.

In the patra, the BJP has claimed that under the smart city scheme, the emphasis on providing essential commodities and improving quality of life. The party has claimed that 24-hour power supply was being ensured in urban areas and availability of mobile transformers have been enhanced in urban areas. The Metro (rails) has been expanded and electricity buses were being run, the party has claimed. It added that the road and sewage system was being improved, drainage system was being developed to prevent water-logging in rains, free community toilets and pink toilets for women have been made.

The party, in the patra, has claimed that a science park were being developed for the kids in the urban local bodies. “Libraries are being set up in parks in cities to encourage communication among people,” reads the patra. Party has claimed that special efforts were being made to make “swachh nagar-harit agar-swasth nagar” (clean, green and healthy cities).

In the 2017 urban local body poll, the BJP released a ‘sankalp patra’ (manifesto) making several promises for development in cities and infrastructure development at religious placces. “In 2017, the party had formed a new government in the state and hence it had presented a road map for urban development with a manifesto. In the 2023 polls, the promises made in 2017 have already been implemented and work is also going on to expand the development. So there is no need to come out with a fresh manifesto. The state government is doing a holistic development both in urban and rural areas,” said a party leader.

BJP state spokesperson Rakesh Tripathi said, “The BJP has met the promises made in the sankalp patra of 2017. People have got the benefits of development. The party is continuing with the same commitment of development of the state. Hence, the party is distributing Nagar Vikas Sankalp Patra to every household.”