What are the 5 promises BJP is betting on to power it to victory in Jharkhand?

“BJP will launch ‘gogo Didi Yojana’, under which financial assistance up to Rs 2,100 will be transferred to the bank account of every woman in Jharkhand on the 11th of every month. We will also launch ‘Laxmi Johar Yojana’ under which we will provide LPG gas cylinders to all households at Rs 500, besides two free cylinders in a year,” Marandi said.

He said the BJP will start “assured employment” in the state, under which five lakh self-employment opportunities will be created for the youth in five years. “Apart from this, fair and transparent recruitment will be done for 2.87 lakh vacant government posts,” Marandi said. We aim to achieve 1.5 lakh recruitments by November 2025,” Marandi said.

He said the party will address the challenges of youth “struggling to start their career”. “For this, we will give ‘Yuva Sathi’ allowance of Rs 2,000 per month to every (unemployed) graduate and postgraduate for two years.”

The Jharkhand BJP also promised to launch ‘Ghar Saakar’ programme, under which it will provide free sand for the construction of houses. It said it will properly implement the PM Awas Yojana, build 21 lakh houses and provide enhanced assistance of Rs 1 lakh per household under the scheme.

Reacting to the BJP’s promises, the JMM said the opposition party has taken a leaf out of their ‘Maiya Samman Yojana’ wherein the Jharkhand government gives Rs 1,000 every month to all underprivileged women between 21 and 50 years in the state.

JMM leader Supriyo Bhatta-charya said, “BJP has to make everyone understand what does ‘gogo’ mean? In Santhali, ‘gogo’ means mother. BJP says housing for all, we already have ‘Abua Awas Yojana’… They promised two free LPG cylinders per year, so the BJP thinks that a household requires only two cylinders per year?”