BJP vows UCC, reservation for women in Himachal manifesto

SHIMLA: The Bharatiya Janata Party BJP) on Sunday promised implementation of the Uniform Civil Code UCC) and 33% reservation for women in government jobs in Himachal Pradesh if the party is voted back to power in the assembly elections due later this week.

- Gaurav Bisht

Releasing the Sankalp Patra 2022’ at the party office here, BJP president JP Nadda also promised an annual amount of 23,000 to small farmers, over and above 36,000 given to them under a central government scheme

“BJP not only achieved the goals it promised earlier), it also went beyond delivering what it hadn’t promised in the last five years,” Nadda told a press briefing.

“The first commitment is that the BJP government will bring the UCC here. A committee of experts will be set up and according to their report, the UCC will be implemented in Himachal,” he added. Voting in the state is slated for November 12 and the counting will be held on December 8.

Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur, Union minister Anurag Thakur, state BJP president Suresh Kashyap, BJP’s election in-charge for Himachal affairs Saudan Singh, BJP Rajya Sabha member Indu Goswami, Mahila Morcha chief Ritu Sethi and BJP vice-president Payal Vaidya were also present at the manifesto launch.

In its manifesto of 11 commitments, the party promised to link all villages with roads and a programme named Shakti” to invest 212,000 crore in the next 10 years to develop transport and physical infrastructure around religious places.