New Delhi : Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday unveiled the BJP’s election manifesto for West Bengal, promising a monthly financial assistance of Rs 3,000 for women and implementation of a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) within six months if the party is voted to power. He described the past 15 years under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as a “period of darkness”, claiming people now feel fearful and are seeking change.
This manifesto will also place before the people of Bengal the roadmap for the developed India envisioned by Prime Minister Modi. The people are frightened and disillusioned. The people want change from the heart. Today we are working as the main opposition party in the Bengal Assembly,” the Home Minister said. “Several BJP-ruled states have implemented the Uniform Civil Code. Within six months, we will implement the UCC in Bengal and ensure that a single, uniform set of laws applies to all citizens across the state.
We will not only seal Bengal’s borders against infiltrators but also ensure that not a single cow is smuggled out of India through Bengal,” he said. The BJP leader also announced that Dearness Allowance (DA) will be ensured for all government employees and pensioners if the party wins the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal. The BJP government will transfer Rs 3,000 into the bank account of every mother between the 1st and the 5th of every month. We will implement all BJP schemes, including Ayushman Bharat,” he said.
Positioning the manifesto as a “pledge of trust”, Shah said the BJP aims to revive Bengal’s cultural identity and create a state “where people live without fear and with pride”. The party has set an ambitious timeline, linking its vision to the period between Poila Baisakh (April 15) and Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary (May 9), which Shah said symbolises a renewed push to reclaim Bengal’s lost glory. The senior BJP leader also assured setting up a commission headed by a retired Supreme Court judge to investigate all instances of political violence in the state, which is set to go to polls in two phases on April 23 and 29.
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