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BHOPAL, NOV 12: The BJP has promised to the people of Madhya Pradesh a transparent and responsive administration, pure drinking water to each citizen of the state, pucca roads to connect each village, 50,000 new jobs every year and ownership rights to tribals who had been cultivating forest land since 1980 or earlier.
The BJP had made a similar promise to tribals in its 1990 assembly election manifesto. It had also said it would strive towards getting the right to work included as a fundamental right, ensure jobs to the unemployed in the State or arrange for an unemployment allowance8217;.
The manifesto was releasedby State BJP president Nand Kumar Sai in the presence of top State party leaders. National general secretary Narendra Modi was also present.
Some concepts the BJP has obviously borrowed from the Congress party. If the latter is implementing a Rajiv Awas Yojana for slum dwellers, the BJP has promised to carry it on, with some modifications, in the name of 8220;Atal Awas Yojana8217;. The Congress had promised in its 1993 manifesto to link villages having a population of 500 or more with roads. While the party is now silent on this issue, the BJP has included it in its manifesto with a slight variation. It has promised to 8220;compulsarily8221; connect all villages having a population of 1,000 or more with roads and also provide link roads to the smaller villages.
The major promises made by the BJP are:
