MP Assembly Election 2018: Congress releases manifesto for Madhya Pradesh; woos farmers with loan waiver, promises Gaushalas

The Congress party released its election manifesto for Madhya Pradesh assembly election today and called it a historic day, promising to build gaushalas and waiving off the farm loan.

After launching the manifesto, Kamal Nath, the MP Congress chief, addressed a press conference with Jyotiraditya Scindia and said that the Congress party will half the electricity bills for the farmers, by 50%, if elected by the citizens.

Kamal Nath promised to reduces the high taxes on petrol and diesel, he added that, “An unemployed member of every family will be given Rs 10,000, while Rs 51,000 will be contributed for the marriage of daughters.”

The Congress chief of MP said, “We will reduce the electricity bill of farmers by 50 per cent, reduce diesel and petrol prices and open 'gaushalas' in every gram panchayat among other things mentioned in our election manifesto.”

The election manifesto of the Congress is divided into 50 sub categories and it includes 973 points, which is known as ‘Vachan Patra’.

“This is the first time that a party has released a 'vachan patra' and not a manifesto in the state,” said Pradesh Congress Committee President Kamal Nath.

Jyotiraditya Scindia, another prominent face of Congress party in Madhya Pradesh, said “This is a vachan patra and not a ghoshna patra, because we all have been hearing ghoshnas for the last 15 years.”

MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said, “Congress today released its election manifesto,they only release manifestos but never fulfil them. Even Indira ji&Rajiv ji had promised to remove poverty but didn't do it. Their promise was fulfilled by Shivraj Singh Chouhan & PM Modi that is why Congress is angry.”

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