As the elections in India scheduled for 2021 are approaching nearer, West Bengal CM- Mamata Banerjee released the election manifesto of the party which she leads, i.e. AITC, the Trinamool Congress. The manifesto enlists 10 main promises or the 10 Angikar.
One of the prominent among the 10 promises is that of a credit card with a limit of Rs 10 lakh at 4 percent interest rate. As part of promoting state government’s help in education, Mamata stated that the government would be the guarantor for the education. There is also the proposition of minimum monthly income guarantee for the women. The manifesto also speaks about provision of free ration to 16 million people, to be given at their doorsteps.
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In the manifesto, there are also the promises about providing five lakh jobs by making the state the fifth largest economy in the country. The state government is also planning to set up 10 lakh new MSMEs and about 2000 new big industrial units. The manifesto of TMC proposed a few days before the beginning of the state elections in India also speaks among others, about offering subsidized canteen facilities, doubling of the state-health expenditure and establishment of an university in Nandigram, the site of an important electoral fight between Mamata and her former protege Suvendu Adhikari.
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Apart from the manifesto, CM & TMC supremo-Mamata Banerjee is rallying incessantly at various places. At one such rally, Mamata seating in a wheelchair scorned out at the centre for not allowing the state governments who are willing to pay, to dole out free vaccines. In that rally, she also asked the supporters of the former Left front government to vote for TMC and to not waste their votes.