BJP offers higher MSPs, houses in MP manifesto

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday released its manifesto for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections, promising, among other things, cooking gas cylinders at ₹450 under the Ujjwala Yojana, pucca houses to the 13 million beneficiaries of the Ladli Behna scheme, and free education till the post-graduation level for girls from underprivileged families, in a major outreach for women voters.

In its 96-page manifesto, released by party president JP Nadda, the BJP also promised higher minimum support price (MSP) for wheat and paddy and employment opportunities for at least one member of every family.

Releasing the document in Bhopal, Nadda said, "The importance of the manifesto, Sankalp Patra, has been declining slowly along with time because political parties first attract people and then forget. (They) make promises, forget, and mislead the public. But the BJP is the only party that has implemented the manifesto in letter and spirit. It is our track record." 

The party's manifesto committee received over 900,000 suggestions, he said.

Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union ministers Ashwini Vaishnav, Prahlad Patel and Faggan Singh Kulaste, and state BJP president VD Sharma were also present on the occasion.

The manifesto, which the party called "Madhya Pradesh. Sankalp Patra 2023 (Modi's Guarantee, Trust in BJP, Madhya Pradesh Sankalp Patra 2023)", incorporated 10 main resolutions which include the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana for five years to provide free ration to all the poor families, homes to every family and provision of subsidised foodgrains.