Right to atta and data, caste census, scrapping Agnipath: SP manifesto

FROM HOLDING a caste census by 2025 and scrapping the Agnipath scheme to giving the "right to atta (wheat flour) and mobile data", and a job guarantee scheme for youths in urban areas, the SP in its manifesto said it was committed towards the welfare of the “PDA” — Pichde (Backward), Dalits, Alpasankhyak (minorities) and Aadhi Aabadi (women) – so that they get equal opportunities.

Unveiling the manifesto, titled ‘Janta Ka Maang Patra - Humara Adhikar’, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav Wednesday said the fight in these polls will be to “safeguard” the Constitution and democracy.

The manifesto promises a caste census by 2025 — incidentally the Congress, its ally in the INDIA bloc, has been speaking of the same — and fair share and justice to all by 2029 based on the findings of the survey.

It also promises to fill up all vacant posts for SCS, STS, and OBCS by 2025. The SP has also promisedmspforallcrops,andhassaid that MSP would be calculated on the basis of the Swami nathan report. It promises a legal guaranteeform sp and says all farm loans will be waived off in 2024.

The SP has promised to hike MGNREGA wages to `450, with the mandays or the days that individuals can avail work under the scheme, going up to 150.

Promising to scrap the Agnipath scheme, the SP manifesto said, “There will be a focus on defence material being built in India and the sector will go through modernisation.”

Under the social justice column, the manifesto promised the “right to roti” (bread), “right to get rid of inflation and poverty”, “right to a protected environment”, and “right to a life without casteist remarks”. The party also promised to provide free atta (flour), instead of wheat, to families under public distribution system, and mobile data worth `500 to every ration card-holding family. It promised to give 33% reservation for women in Parliament and Assemblies within 2 years of coming to power without waiting for delimitation, and reserve 33% government jobs for women.