Bjp manifesto

pledges uniform civil code for gender parity: top 10 points
Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Updated: April 07, 2014 10:35 IST

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The BJP today released its much-delayed manifesto on a day India began voting for a new government in the first of a nine-phase general election spread over 36 days. "Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat" (One India, great India) and "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikaas" are the main slogans of the 40-page manifesto.

Here are the key points of the BJP manifesto
The main thrust of the 40-page manifesto is economic revival and development for all, two dominant themes in the campaign of the party's prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi.In what is likely to be controversial, the BJP has pledged to draft a unform civil code to "ensure gender equality." The manifesto also mentions the BJP's old promise for a Ram temple at the disputed site of the razed Babri mosque in Ayodhya. It calls for the building of a grand temple at the site "within the Constitutional framework."Emphasizing its stand on a key economic policy, the party says it will welcome Foreign Direct Investment to boost jobs, except in multi-brand retail.The manifesto says the BJP will work towards containing prices.It will also focus on reforms in taxation to attract investors and end "tax terrorism", which, senior leader Murli Manohar Joshi said, was important for improving the economy.The party says freight and industrial corridors will be developed and a "Sagar Mala" project will be introduced to develop a coastal area network.The party says it will work towards modernising madrasas, or Islamic seminaries, by adding math and science teachers.A new health policy will seek to provide "accessible, affordable and effective health care system."The party promises a national optic fibre network linking villages.

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April 07, 2014 09:33 IST