Will the tweets from @RahulGandhi, the official account of the Congress President, define the scope of the party’s manifesto likely to be released on April 2? If it will, expect to find only the details for Gandhi may have already outlined much of what the party has to announce to its prospective voters.
Congress party has scheduled the release of the party’smanifesto for the ensuing general elections around noon on Tuesday. However,the tweets from the party president, especially since March 25, is a cleargiveaway – Congress is likely to announce ‘Mega Doles’ this elections season.
On Twitter, Gandhi declared March 25, the day he announcedhis much hyped ‘Nyay Scheme’, a historic day. He tweeted: “Today is a historicday.. It is on this day that the Congress party launched its final assault onpoverty. 5 Crore of the poorest families in India, will receive Rs. 72,000 PerYear #NyayForIndia is our dream & our pledge. The time for change hascome.”
Since March 25, Gandhi has largely restricted to tweetingabout what the party has to offer if voted back to power. The Nyay Scheme, GSTreforms, jobs etc are some of the issues on which he has tweeted and can beexpected to figure prominently in the Congress manifesto for the 2019 generalelections. Take a look:
GST and Nyay Scheme
“They did demonetisation and Gabbar Singh Tax. We willgive NYAY and a real GST. NYAY= Surgical Strike on Poverty = 72,000 Rs a yearto India’s poorest 20%”
Jobs and employment
“India needs to 1. Repair & Restore our waterbodies. 2. Regenerate & Afforest wasteland & degraded land. We willemploy lakhs of rural youth in our gram sabhas to improve theenvironment.”
“Today, there are 22 Lakh job vacancies in Government.We will have these vacancies filled by 31st March, 2020. Devolution of fundsfrom the Center to each State Govt for healthcare, education etc. will belinked to these vacant positions being filled.”
NITI Aayog
“If voted to power, we will scrap the NITI Aayog. Ithas served no purpose other than making marketing presentations for the PM& fudging data. We will replace it with a lean Planning Commission whosemembers will be renowned economists & experts with less than 100staff.”
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