TMC to release election manifesto on March 26

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress is likely to release its Lok Sabha election manifesto on March 26.

The manifesto will not only focus on Bengal but will have a national perspective stating the role TMC needs to play in constituting a new government at the Centre.

Apart from English and Bengali, the manifesto is likely to be released in Hindi, Nepali, Santhali and few other languages too with the Trinamool Congress fielding as many as 24 candidates from Odisha, Jharkhand, Assam, Bihar and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The manifesto is also likely to talk about the various developmental and social schemes undertaken by the Trinamool government since 2011. Schemes like "Kanyashree", "Rupashree", "Gitanjali" is likely to find a place in the manifesto. "It will lay emphasis on Bengal but with our party supremo emerging as a key figure in national politics, it may focus on the role of our party if the BJP is voted out of power and a new government is formed," a senior party leader said on condition of anonymity.

The manifesto is likely to raise the issue of various decisions taken by the Narendra Modi government in the last five years that have resulted in hardships and sufferings of the common people.

It may be mentioned that Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee had

slammed the Narendra Modi government at the Centre against its decision of note ban, implementation of GST and also against the saffron party's politics of divisiveness and spread of hatred among the masses.