New Delhi: The BJP will release its manifesto -Sankalp Patra – for the Lok Sabha polls on Sunday, with its planks of welfare and development besides a roadmap for ‘viksit Bharat’ expected to figure prominently in its election agenda.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior leaders of the party are expected to attend the unveiling of the manifesto at the party headquarters that coincides with the birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar, a towering leader from the Dalit community and an architect of the Indian Constitution.
As the BJP government has fulfilled most of its core ideological promises, including the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya and the repeal of Article 370, all eyes will be on how the ruling party’s larger cultural and Hindutva agenda figures in the manifesto.
Party sources said measures for the youth, women, farmers and the poor — four “castes” Modi has often spoken about — will be among the highlights of its poll pledges.
The BJP had appointed a manifesto committee headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh that met twice to deliberate on its contents after the party had launched multiple exercises, including vans sent across the country and social media campaigns, to seek people’s suggestions.
Meanwhile senior BJP leader Amit Shah accused the Dmk of ‘hurting’ the sentiments of the people by insulting ‘Sanatan Dharma’ and called upon the people to reject the Dravidian Party in the April 19 lok sabha election.
He said the Dmk passed unsavoury remarks on the consecration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
“The DMK Party Has Hurt The Sentiments Of People By Making Insulting Remarks On Sanatan Dharma. But On The Other Hand: Government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi respected everyone and believed in unity,” Shah said at the roadshow in Kanyakumari Lok Sabha constituency in support of the party candidate Pon Radhakrishnan.
Shah, who addressed the cadres from his campaign vehicle, invoked the name of Lord Ram, before targetting the ruling dispensation.
Hundreds of party cadres, invigorated by his visit, joined the BJP veteran in the road show from Mettukadai Junction, Thuckalay, to the Old Bus Stand in Kanyakumari.
Shah greeted the cadres from his specially-designed vehicle and flashed the party’s Lotus symbol throughout the stretch, as party members chanted “Modi again”, “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” and “Ponnar again.”

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