BOKAJAN: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday released the party's manifesto for the Assam Assembly elections, with a focus on 11 sectors such as governance, identity and healthcare.
At an election rally here, Gandhi, Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi and other senior leaders unveiled the party manifesto.
The 11 resolutions spread across areas like governance, identity, healthcare, infrastructure development, industrialisation, agriculture, rural and urban development, climate change and security in Assam.
The Congress had already released "five guarantees" on March 29 during the visit of party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, with a focus on women's welfare, healthcare for all, land rights and justice in the Zubeen Garg death case.
These included a monthly cash transfer to women, along with an additional Rs 50,000 assistance to women willing to set up or expand a business, Rs 25 lakh cashless health insurance per family, a promise of justice in the case within 100 days, land pattas for 10 lakh “Khilonjia” residents, and Rs 1,250 monthly assistance for the elderly.
Polling for the 126-member Assam Assembly will be held on April 9, while the results will be declared on May 4.
