To woo voters, Cong promises free/Re1 kg rice to Tripura’s poor
29 Jan 2013 5:22 AM IST
The Congress will provide seven kg rice free of cost to the extremely poor people, 35 kg of rice at the rate of Re.1 to the poor people, and allowances to the jobless youth and farmers in Tripura if voted to the power in the 14 February assembly polls.
Releasing the 32-page election manifesto with 321 promises, Congress general secretary and in-charge of northeastern states Luizinho Faleiro told reporters on Sunday that the party is confident of coming to power, defeating the ruling Left Front.
‘Supply of seven kg free rice to the extremely poor people, 35 kg of rice at the rate of Re.1 to the poor people is aimed to alleviate the poverty of the people,’ said Faleiro, who was accompanied by the top state Congress leaders.
The manifesto also promises free laptops to meritorious college students and bicycles to poor school students from Class 10 onwards, waiving of agricultural loans up to Rs.30,000 and allowances to all needy categories of people.
The Congress in alliance with the two tribal based parties – the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura and the National Conference of Tripura – has fielded candidates in all the 60 assembly constituencies to fight the polls against the Left Front led by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).
It said that the 51-page charge sheet, released earlier, against the Left’s ‘misrule’ would also be highlighted during the election campaign.
Releasing the 32-page election manifesto with 321 promises, Congress general secretary and in-charge of northeastern states Luizinho Faleiro told reporters on Sunday that the party is confident of coming to power, defeating the ruling Left Front.
‘Supply of seven kg free rice to the extremely poor people, 35 kg of rice at the rate of Re.1 to the poor people is aimed to alleviate the poverty of the people,’ said Faleiro, who was accompanied by the top state Congress leaders.
The manifesto also promises free laptops to meritorious college students and bicycles to poor school students from Class 10 onwards, waiving of agricultural loans up to Rs.30,000 and allowances to all needy categories of people.
The Congress in alliance with the two tribal based parties – the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura and the National Conference of Tripura – has fielded candidates in all the 60 assembly constituencies to fight the polls against the Left Front led by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).
It said that the 51-page charge sheet, released earlier, against the Left’s ‘misrule’ would also be highlighted during the election campaign.
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