Guwahati, Mar 31: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday released the BJP’s manifesto for Assam assembly polls, promising protection of land, heritage and dignity of indigenous people and Rs 5 lakh crore infrastructure investment. BJP’s ‘Sankalp Patra’ comprises 31 promises, including the recovery of encroached land from Bangladeshi Miyas, bringing in Uniform Civil Code, and ensuring the development of the state, employment opportunities for youths.
Sitharaman said this manifesto was prepared on “a decade of transformation of the state, which the Congress could not achieve in 60 years”. “The Congress had no focus on long-term development of North East as that is what its politics is all about”, Sitharaman alleged.
Massive development has taken place under the BJP rule in the state, she claimed, adding that “many young Assamese are leaving their global careers and returning to Assam, not out of compulsion but due to opportunities”. Peace has been “restored in Assam” by the BJP, and the development is possible only when there is stability, she said.
