New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday launched its manifesto for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections. The top focus for the party, as mentioned in the ‘Sankalp Patra’ is to curb air and water pollution in the national capital.
Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari said that the manifesto focuses on giving the city-state a corruption free, transparent government. “This has been the hallmark of Modi government at the Centre,” said Tiwari. “Half of the ministers and MLAs in the current government are either on bail or are facing charges. We will change this scenario.”
Tiwari also talked about finding legal ways to end sealing in Delhi, and promised to offer flour (atta) at Rs 2 per kg to poor.
Earlier, Union minister Nitin Gadkari, who was also present at the manifesto launch function, said that the top priority for the party is tackling air and water pollution.
Gadkari said that BJP-led government at the Centre is committed to bring down the level of pollutants in our rivers, and so it launched the ‘Namami Gange’ programme. “When we launched the project, it came to our notice that other rivers and tributaries which merge into Ganga also need to be cleaned. We approved 13 projects worth Rs 6,000 crore just to clean Yamuna (which passes through Delhi),” said Gadkari.
The central government also allocated Rs 55,000 crore to clean the air in and around Delhi, said Gadkari.
