Haryana elections: 300 units free electricity, LPG cylinders for ₹500—Congress announces 7 guarantees in manifesto

The Congress party on Wednesday unveiled its manifesto for Haryana Assembly elections and announced seven key guarantees, including monthly gas cylinders for ₹500.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Haryana Congress chief Udai Bhan and former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced the guarantees, which are divided into seven sections.

Here are 7 guarantees of Congress party

Prosperity of families

— Free 300 unit electricity

— Free medical treatment upto ₹25 lakh, on the lines of Chiranjeevi scheme

Empowerment of Women

— ₹2,000 every month for women over 18 years

— ₹500 every month for gas cylinders

Secured future for youth

— Recruitment for 2 lakh vacant posts

— Drug-free Haryana initiative

Strengthening social security

— ₹6,000 old-age pension

— ₹6,000 handicap pension

— ₹6,000 widow pension

— Restoration of the old pension scheme

Rights for backward classes

— Conducting a caste census

— Raising the creamy later limit to ₹10 lakh

Prosperity for farmer

— Legal guarantee of MSP

— Immediate crop compensation

Housing for the poor

— 100-yard plots

— Two-room houses costing ₹3.5 lakh

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said Congress guarantees a 100-yard plot and ₹3.5 lakh for the housing construction costs for the poor.

“We guarantee MSP to the farmers of the state. We will also conduct caste census,” added Kharge.

The Congress chief added that they would conduct a caste survey in Haryana to know where people from different castes and communities stand in terms of welfare schemes, income, education, and jobs.

Congress leader Bhupinder Hooda said that in 2014, Haryana had become number one in per capita income, jobs, law and order, and sports among the bigger states. “During the last 10 years in the rule of BJP and JJP, it reversed. The wrestlers are still waiting for justice. I promise that in the leadership of Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, we will form the government and make Haryana number one again,” Hooda added.

Haryana election schedule

— Voting for the 90-member assembly will take place on October 5.

— Results will be announced on October 8.