Monday, April 8th, 2019
BJP Sankalp Patra 2019: 75 promises for India’s 75th year of independence
The Bharatiya Janata Party released its manifesto for the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the Sankalp Patra, at the party’s headquarters in New Delhi on 8 April 2019, three days before the first phase of polling. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party president Amit Shah, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who chaired the manifesto committee, and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj were on the stage. What the manifesto promised The document was built around 75 targets that the party said it would meet by 2022, the 75th anniversary of independence. Introducing it, AmitRead More
Arun Jaitley defends electoral bonds as white money with better transparency
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley defended electoral bonds on Sunday, saying in a blog post that they were meant to curb the use of black money in election funding, the same goal that electoral trusts proposed under the UPA-II government had sought to achieve. Jaitley’s argument Jaitley said reports indicated that about Rs 1,500 crore had been seized in action by the Election Commission and the revenue authorities. He argued that critics were targeting the bonds rather than the electoral trusts only because the bonds came from the NDA and theRead More
BJP to release its Sankalp Patra manifesto for the 2019 Lok Sabha election
The BJP was set to release its manifesto for the Lok Sabha election on Monday, with development and national security expected to be its main themes. Polling begins on April 11. The launch The party calls the document its “Sankalp Patra”, or pledge document. Senior leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah, were to attend the launch. A party statement said members of the BJP’s parliamentary board, its highest decision-making body, which includes Modi, would also be present. What to expect The Congress manifesto had placedRead More