Congress manifesto reflects the voice of the people, their hopes, aspirations, concerns, worries, difficulties and neglects as it was drafted after careful deliberations among Congress president Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Smt. Sonia Gandhi and Shri Rahul Gandhi and senior leaders—Haroon Yusuf

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Congress manifesto reflects the voice of the people, their hopes, aspirations, concerns, worries, difficulties and neglects as
it was drafted after careful deliberations among Congress president
Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Smt. Sonia Gandhi and Shri Rahul Gandhi and
senior leaders—Haroon Yusuf

After
coming to power at the Centre, Congress will address woes of the
people, like air and water pollution and their health concerns—Congress

Congress will scrap the Agnipath scheme when the party comes to power at the Centre—Congress

NEW
DELHI, April 9, 2024—Former Delhi Minister Shri Haroon Yusuf said that
the Congress Nyay Patra (Manifesto) for the Lok Sabha elections was the
voice of the people, reflecting their hopes, aspirations, concerns,
worries, difficulties and neglects which Shri Rahul Gandhi had
experienced first hand during his Bharat Jodo Yatra and Bharat Jodo Nyay
Yatra, respectively, across the country. He said that the manifesto was
drafted to provide relief to all sections of people, with .Congress
offering five guarantees, with each guarantee having five assurances for
a total of 25.

Addressing
a press conference at the DPCC office, Rajiv Bhawan here today, along
with senior leader Shri Chattar Singh and spokesperson Shri Anuj Attrey,
Shri Haroon Yusuf said that the Congress manifesto was a comprehensive
document with Congress president Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Smt. Sonia
Gandhi and Shri Rahul Gandhi giving personal attention to the details in
the Nyay Patra for the welfare and uplift of all category of people. He
said that under the BJP rule, inequality between the rich on the one
hand and the poor and the middle class on the other hand have increased
sharply, dealing a body blow to the goals of equality, equity and
social and economic justice. He said that the decline in the growth rate
has serious consequences for the people, especially for those who
belong to the poor and the middle classes. He said that the BJP was
targeting the Congress Nyay Patra because the communal party’s
Guarantees have no warranty.

Shri
Haroon Yusuf said that the Congress manifesto was drafted after
careful deliberations unlike the BJP, which only made hollow promises in
the past 10 years to deceive and neglect the people. He said that
Congress will fulfil the aspirations of crores of people across the
country, as people have been experiencing untold misery for the past ten
years, under the BJP Government.

Shri
Chattar Singh said that Congress’ guarantees to the youth, women,
farmers, workers and equity include Rs one lakh yearly stipend for
educated youth to do apprenticeship for their first job, filling up 30
lakh job vacancies in various Government departments, Rs one lakh per
year to the woman head of a poor family, legal gurantee for MSP for
farmers under the Swaminathan Commission formula as well as debt relief,
Rs 400 per day minimum wage for workers under the Mahatma
Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, social audit and
nation-wide Socio-Economic and Caste Census to enumerate the castes for
affirmative action. He said that Congress will come out with a
Delhi-specific manifesto for addressing the issues of Delhi, including
the toxic air pollution, which aggregated in the Capital due to the
inaction of the BJP Government at the Centre.

Shri
Haroon Yusuf said that Congress’ other gurantees include Rs 5000 crore
start-up fund for youth, 50 per cent reservation for women in Government
jobs, Constitutional amendment to remove the 50 per cent reservation
cap to provide full reservation to SC/ST and OBC and Rs 25 lakh health
cover for workers, and free treatment in hospitals. He said that all
these guarantees will be implemented as soon as Congress assumes power
at the Centre.

Shri
Anuj Attrey said that Congress fulfills the promises it makes to the
people. He said that under the Dr Manmohan Singh Government at the
Centre, the UPA Government implemented the RTI Act, Right to Education,
Rural Employment Guarantee and Food Security Act, to empower the
people.He said that the Congress Government also strengthened the
economy of the country, but due to the destructive policies of the BJP
Government, the economy of the country was in tatters.now.

TWO BJP FORMER COUNCILLORS JOIN CONGRESS

Three
senior BJP leaders, Shri Chattar Singh Racchoya and former Municipal
Councillors Bhoomi Racchoya and Jyoti Rachoya today joined Delhi
Congress in the presence of Shri Haroon Yusuf, Shri Chattar Singh and
Shri Anuj Attrey. They were given the Congress scarf to welcome them
into the Congress family, and promised that they would be given suitable
positions in the party. They said that they left BJP as they were
disillusioned with the communal agenda of the BJP without doing anything
for the welfare of the people.