The draft manifesto of the Congress party for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, which carries the five 'guarantees' for justice, will be discussed and approved at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) held on Tuesday.
Later the day, the Congress Central Election Committee (CEC), chaired by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, is also likely to finalise the names of the remaining candidates for the seven-phase polls beginning April 19. The CWC is also likely to pass a resolution lauding Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' which concluded in Mumbai this Sunday.
As for the manifesto, the Congress had formed a manifesto panel with former Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister T S Singh Deo. The party had earlier maintained that the stress was to bring out a 'people's manifesto'.
AICC General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said that the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party's apex decision-making body, will approve the draft manifesto which carries the five 'guarantees' for justice. He added that the party is fighting the elections based on the concept of 'five nyay' (justice) - 'Bhagidari Nyay', 'Kisan Nyay', 'Nari Nyay', 'Shramik Nyay', and 'Yuva Nyay'. There are 25 guarantees, five for each 'nyay', which have already been announced by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former president Rahul Gandhi.
"These are the guarantees by the Congress party and not by a single person," in an apparent dig at the prime minister who has been claiming to provide "Modi ki guarantee," as per PTI.
The Congress has already promised to give Rs 1 lakh annually to poor women, 50 per cent reservation for women in government jobs, a constitutional amendment to raise the 50 per cent cap on reservations, fill up three million public sector jobs and offer a social security net for unorganised sector workers.
Meanwhile, the Congress Central Election Committee (CEC), chaired by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, is also likely to meet later that evening to finalise the names of the remaining candidates for the seven-phase polls beginning April 19. The Congress has so far announced a total of 82 candidates in two separate lists -- the first list of 39 candidates and the second of 43.
