BJP releases ‘Sankalp Patra’ for UP election 2022: Key highlights of manifesto

By
Aryan Bharadwaj
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its manifesto for Uttar Pradesh two days ahead of the first polling phase in the state. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and BJP state President Swatantra Dev Singh released the “Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra” on February 8.

There are a lot of new concessions and some old policies that have been covered this time around. 

Let us have a look at its key features:

Education

  1. Thirty thousand secondary schools and State colleges to be modernized. In contrast, the BJP had promised to waive off all farmer loans and give out new loans with a 0% interest rate in 2017.
  2. Mission ‘Kayakalp’- A program that will build furniture, including tables and benches, for a primary school to improve the quality of education being imparted.
  3. Digital Research Institutes to be set up in Lucknow and Noida.

Agriculture

  1. Free electricity for farmers.
  2. The promise of payment to sugarcane farmers within 14 days of their crops being sold. It was also featured in their 2017 manifesto.
  3. ₹5,000 crore irrigation scheme to be launched and ₹1,000 crore to be paid under the MSP for potato, tomato and onion.
  4. 6 Mega Food Parks to be developed.
  5. ₹25,000 crore to set up cold storage, chain centres, godowns, and processing units across the State under the ‘Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Agri-Infrastructure Mission’.

Women

  1. Low-income families to get Rs 1 lakh as financial aid for daughters’ marriages.
  2. Two LPG cylinders for women on the occasions of Holi and Diwali, paid for by the State under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwal Yojana.
  3. ₹ 100 crore towards ‘Mission Pink Toilet’.
  4. The number of women in government jobs is to be doubled under UPPSC.
  5. Free Scooty to be given to college-going female students for a better and safer commute.
  6. Cash transfers to be given to poor female students on reaching Classes 6, 8, 10 and 12.
  7. Financial aid to be hiked from ₹15,000 to ₹20,000 under the ‘Mukhya Mantri Kanya Sumangla Yojana’.

Others

  1. Employment to at least one person per family.
  2. The promise of free coaching for competitive exams in the State.
  3. Doubling the MBBS seats and increasing the requirement of pre-medical staff from 6,000 to 10,000 doctors.
  4. Free public transport would be provided to women over 60.
  5. More than two crore smartphones and tablets are to be distributed.
  6. Gyms and sporting grounds would be built in every gram panchayat to encourage sporting culture.

BJP released the manifesto two days after the initial date due to mourning for Lt. Lata Mangeshkar. Before releasing the manifesto, state chief minister Yogi Adityanath held a meeting with top government officials to review the statutes of the promises made in the 2017 manifesto (the Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra) and reflect on the goals achieved. The BJP claims to have fulfilled 99% of all promises made in the 2017 manifesto. The opposition claims that critical issues such as employment, the betterment of farmers, and women’s safety have been avoided. The BJP draws confidence because it fulfilled the two major promises – the Ram Mandir issue and the Triple Talaq legislation – announced in 2017.

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