UP civic polls :BJP's promises free WiFi, 'Pink' toilets for women, animal shelter-houses
12 Nov 2017 10:46 PM IST
Lucknow: Free WiFi at prominent public places, "pink toilets" for women and free water connections to all homes are among the key promises made in BJP's 'Sankalp Patra' released here on Sunday ahead of the Uttar Pradesh civic polls.
The polls are being seen as the first major electoral test for Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who unveiled the 'Sankalp Patra', a virtual poll manifesto, at the BJP headquarters here along with deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma, state Urban Development minister Suresh Khanna and UP BJP chief Mahendra Nath Pandey.
At the event, Adityanath spoke about providing services transparently and without "partiality". However, opposition parties termed it as an eyewash, with the SP terming the Sankalp Patra as "Chhal Patra". The Congress also accused the BJP of not fulfilling past promises. "As many as 652 urban local bodies across the state are going to polls, the highest number so far. This includes 16 municipal corporations. Earlier, there were 12 municipal corporations in the state," Adityanath said.
He expressed happiness that the Ayodhya and Mathura- Vrindavan municipal corporations, constituted by his government, were going to polls for the first time.
The 'Sankalp Patra' comprises 28 promises including better drinking water facilities, improved street lighting, free community toilets, pink toilets for women, grant of Rs 20,000 for the construction of personal toilets, provision of adarsh nagar panchayat, e-tendering and 'kanji' houses for stray animals.
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