Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday released the party manifesto for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly polls in Mangaluru. "CM Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka government has delivered as promised. We again give a commitment of fulfilling the promises we have made in this manifesto as well," said Rahul Gandhi as he released the manifesto.
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"The Congress party has put in six months of effort to come up with an inclusive development oriented manifesto. Our government has delivered as promised and will do the same for the next five years as well," said Congress leader Veerappa Moily.
Rahul Gandhi released the manifesto during his two-day seventh leg of campaigning in Karnataka, which started on Thursday. "It will be an all-encompassing document," a Congress leader had said earlier, requesting anonymity. The leader had said that the manifesto would have "something" for all sections of the society.
In the run-up to the high-stakes Karnataka polls, Gandhi had asked the Congress leaders to prepare a "people's manifesto", after taking the feedback of all the stakeholders.
On Gandhi's campaigning, the Congress leader said the party workers wanted him to focus on the areas he was yet to visit.
So far, the Congress chief has held six rounds of campaigning in the southern state. The sixth phase of campaigning was on April 7-8.
The election to the 224-member Karnataka Assembly will be held on May 12. Karnataka is slated to witness a three-corner contest involving the ruling Congress, the BJP and the H.D. Deve Gowda-led JD(S). The result of the polls will be announced on May 15.
(With inputs from PTI)