Jmm-led alliance to chart common minimum plan

NEWDELHI: The winning coalition in Jharkhand will soon release a common minimum programme (CMP) to outline the priorities and objectives of its government for the next five years.

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) will also have a coordination committee in place for the smooth functioning of the coalition government and the three parties.

A Congress leader familiar with the developments said the CMP document for governance will pave the way for the development of the tribal-dominated state. The main points of the CMP will be taken from the respective manifestos of the parties, he said. “Whatever has been promised and is achievable will be there.”

The JMM, in its manifesto, had pledged 67% reservation for Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes, government jobs to locals, monthly stipend of ~5,000 and ~7,000 every month to unemployed graduates and post-graduates, respectively, assured earnings of ~72,000 per annum to every poor family and pension of ~2,500 per month for the elderly and differently abled.

The Congress had promised a one-time farm loan waiver of up to ~2 lakh and stringent law to deal with cases of lynching in the state.

In its manifesto, the RJD had promised 50% reservation for women at every level apart from ensuring permanent placement for para-teachers and anganwadi workers, who had been fighting for regularisation of their services for years.