Congress to release 3 manifestos for 3 seats; one with AAP to follow

AFTER GATHERING suggestions from citizens over the last two months, the Congress will begin releasing constituency-wise manifestos for each of the three Lok Sabha seats it is contesting in Delhi over the coming week.

Tobefollowedbyalargermanifesto for Delhi and another one with its INDIA bloc ally, the AAP, party sources said each of these would be bound by the common strandsofwomenempowerment andaddressingunemployment— whichareatthecoreoftheparty’s national manifesto.

“The manifesto for each seat willcombinethecongress’svision toremedyissuesacrossthecountry with local concerns which have been identified through dialoguewiththepublic,rwasand similar focus groups; prominent leaderswillgodoortodoortopersonally deliver these to citizens. The party will release them over consecutive days next week,” a senior Delhi Congress leader said.

“The constituency-wise manifestos will talk about issues from GST to congestion and parking in Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha; condition of schools and roads in addition to the larger issue of communalism in Northeast Delhi; as well as the state of villages and infrastructure at unauthorised colonies in Northwest Delhi. Apart from this, it will highlight other guarantees such as providing

DPCC chief Arvinder Lovely held a meeting to review the party’s poll campaign a yearly income of Rs 1 lakh to women to addressing the issue of unemployment among youth in addition to other ‘Nyaya Guarantees’ promised by Rahul Gandhi ji,” another leader said.

The Congress, which is contesting three of the seven Parliamentary seats in the Capital while the AAP has fielded candidates on the remaining four, will also bring out a separate, pan-delhi manifesto with its ally, Congress leaders said.

“After we release our manifestos, both parties will sit together to formulate a joint INDIA manifesto based on a common minimum programme agreed to by both parties. This will also pave the way for joint campaigning which is likely to kick off starting May,” a Congress source said.

Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely, along with AICC General Secretary and in-charge for Delhi and Haryana, Deepak Babaria, earlier on Friday, met over preparations for the party’s election campaign. He said the Congress would implement the five Nyay Guarantees promised by Gandhi during his Bharat Jodo and Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatras.

Amit Mehra A nukkad natak performance at the Delhi BJP office, Friday.