The Congress on Tuesday released its manifesto, amid much anticipation about the details of its minimum income guarantee scheme (NYAY).
Senior Congress leaders gathered in the headquarters of the party in New Delhi for the release of its manifesto. The event started amid fanfare with the broadcast of a video on alleged failures of the Narendra Modi government on issues such as agriculture, defence allocation and employment generation. The video also featured comments from experts such as Maheshwar Peri, CEO of Careers 360, and retired lieutenant general D.S. Hooda.
The Congress had touted that its manifesto for the 2019 Lok Sabha election would be crowdsourced and had invited inputs from a range of experts.
Key points of the manifesto include:
