On Monday, West Bengal Congress Chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury released the party’s election manifesto, titled- ‘Banglar Disha’ for the upcoming assembly elections in the state. Chowdhury launched the manifesto at the party’s state headquarters in Kolkata.

The Congress manifesto came a day after BJP announced its manifesto. The saffron party’s manifesto intends to implement the new citizenship law, ensure employment to one member of every family, set up modern hospitals, spend thousands of crores of rupees for development infrastructure in Kolkata and the districts and support farmers, fishermen, tribal people and backward classes.

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The Union Home Minister gave elaborations on the manifesto at an election rally at Thakurnagar in North 24 Parganas district while addressing the Dalit Matua community which has demanded the law’s immediate implementation. He spoke in Hindi at the rally which triggered reactions from the TMC.

Schedule for the upcoming elections in India (four states and a UT) was announced on February, 26, 2021. In West Bengal, the election will be held in 8 phases from March 27 to April, 29 and the vote counting will take place on May, 02, 2021.