Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday released the Bharatiya Janata Party’s manifesto in Lucknow for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections 2022. The ‘Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra’ was released in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and UP BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh.

The release of BJP’s manifesto ‘Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra’ was postponed as a mark of respect to the legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, who died of multi-organ failure on Sunday at the age of 92.

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The party has made four major promises in its manifesto: Check details.

a. The first promise of the manifesto is to double the amount of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PMKISAN) scheme for landless farmers. Presently, the PM-Kisan amount is Rs 6,000 annually which is directly transferred to beneficiaries in three installments of Rs 2,000 each.

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b. The party promises to give a scooty to the female students and working women. It also promises free coaching to female students preparing for UPSC and PSC.

c. The manifesto then looks at the needs of the students, promising a laptop to the students considering the online education system that has developed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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d. The party also promises to give three free cylinders every year to the consumers under the Ujjwala Yojna. The scheme provides a free gas connection to households and the cost of the same will be covered by the state government. 

e. The party has also promised the renovation of the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple which has been in the headlines for some time now. 

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Polling in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27, and March 3 and 7. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.

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In the 2017 Assembly elections, BJP had won a landslide victory, winning 312 Assembly seats. It had secured a 39.67 per cent vote share in the elections for 403-member Assembly. Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party (SP) had bagged 47 seats, Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) had won 19 while Congress could manage to win only seven seats.