Chandigarh:  The campaign for the Punjab Assembly election ends Friday evening. But the ruling Congress party is reported to be struggling to put out its manifesto for the Punjab election. The Congress’s manifesto declaration is understood to be stuck in the quadrangle of the big-four Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu, Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, campaign committee head Sunil Jakhar and manifesto committee chairman Partap Singh Bajwa. The Punjab Congress’s election manifesto story began on January 11, when the party set up a 25-member manifesto committee and a 31-member campaign committee. Back then, Sidhu was leading the Congress’s charge in the assembly election.With less than two days to go for the polling in Punjab, the state’s ruling Congress released its manifesto, promising one lakh government jobs and Rs 1,100 per month to women with eight free cooking gas cylinders per year.
The party also promised to end the mafia raj by creating corporations for the sale of liquor and sand mining.
State party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu said the party’s government would procure oilseed, pulses and corn from farmers. Sidhu said the party’s 13-point agenda reflects Rahul Gandhi’s vision.“Anybody can be the pilot when the sea is calm, but when there’s a storm, we should be able to convert adversity into opportunity. That’s the aim of this manifesto,” Sidhu told the media here.The manifesto also talks about free education for all needy students and bringing 170 services online for the people of the state.
The manifesto has many promises which Sidhu had listed under his Punjab model with focus on the youth, skilling and entrepreneurship.
“The youth, skilling and rntrepreneurship program can change the face of the state. It’s time to be a part of this change and create the future we want the next generation to live in,” he added. AGENCIES