Cong manifesto promises 300 units free power
With an aim to counter AAP freebies, Delhi Congress listed lucrative promises such as providing unemployment allowances up to Rs 7,500, making Delhi India’s first electric vehicles city, free coaching to ‘Economic Weaker Sections’ (EWS) students, 300 units free electricity and enacting Jan Lokpal Bill within six months in its manifesto released on Sunday.
The manifesto presented by Delhi Congress president Subhash Chopra, deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma and manifesto committee chairman Ajay Maken. The party promised to provide unemployment allowance for Rs 5,000 and post graduation Rs 7,500 under ‘Yuva Swabhiman Yojana’ besides skill training to get them job.
It will also challenge the constitutional validity of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the Supreme Court under article 131 of Indian Constitution.
