Bihar elections: 200 units of free electricity, ₹2,500 per month to women - check what INDIA bloc's manifesto offers

The INDIA bloc, or Mahagathbandhan, on Tuesday, released its manifesto for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, calling it ‘Bihar ka Tejashwi Pran’.

The manifesto is being called ‘Tejashwi Pratigya Pran’.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, the alliance's chief ministerial face, said that the manifesto has ‘25 major points assuring practical solutions’.

Mukesh Sahani, the head of the Vikassheel Insaan Pary (VIP), has been named as the Deputy CM nominee by the alliance.

The manifesto offers ₹2500 per month to women and 200 units of free electricity, among others.

It also says that Jeevika Didis and contractual workers under various departments of the Bihar government will be made permanent.

The manifesto promises Jeevika Didis a salary of ₹30,000 per month if the INDIA bloc comes to power.

It promises IT parks, SEZs, dairy, agro-based industries, an education city, and 5 new expressways.

Tejashwi Yadav has also said that the employment guarantee scheme will be implemented across Bihar within 20 months of the INDIA bloc coming to power, and a new law on employment guarantee will be introduced within 20 days of the coalition coming to power.

The manifesto also promises to hand over the functioning of temples dedicated to Lord Buddha at Bodh Gaya to the Buddhist community.

The manifesto promises “doing away with 50 per cent cap on reservations, through a resolution passed by the state legislature and the same would be sent to the Centre so that the legislation is placed in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution and protected against judicial intervention,” as per PTI.

“People of Bihar want a crime-free and scam-free regime... they will teach a lesson to NDA in the polls,” he said during the release.

“The NDA has no vision for Bihar... they have not released the manifesto for the polls so far... BJP leaders and corrupt officials have made Chief Minister Nitish Kumar a puppet... The BJP is using Nitish Kumar to further its interest... Union Home Minister Amit Shah has already made it clear that Nitish will not be the CM face,” he also said, as per PTI.

"You've seen that the Mahagathbandhan was the first to announce its CM candidate. It was also the Mahagathbandhan that released its pledges - what we call our manifesto, first. Some people (referring to the NDA) dismiss such pledges as mere rhetoric, but we released ours today before anyone else. This clearly shows who is serious about Bihar, who is thinking about the state day and night,” Congress leader Pawan Khera said after the release.

Members of the Mahagathbandhan, which is led by RJD, include Congress, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (CPI-ML), the Communist Party of India (CPI), the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), and VIP.

Bihar's elections will be held on 6 and 11 November, and the results will be declared on 14 November.