Congress Releases People’s Manifesto For Telangana Elections

Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC ) released a comprehensive 112-page manifesto covering 35 core issues pertaining to all sections of the State. TPCC Chief Uttam Kumar Reddy, party Telangana affairs In-charge RC Khuntia, senior leader Jairam Ramesh and other important leaders released the manifesto here in Gandhi Bhavan on Tuesday.

Promising to lift the cases filed during Telangana agitation and to build a memorial for Telangana martyrs in every district headquarters, the Congress included good governance, development of farmers, students and health sectors in the document. It also mentioned safeguarding the Osmania General Hospital, which was inherited from the Nizam.

Addressing media on the occasion, Khuntia said the Congress would implement the people's manifesto after being voted to power. He said KCR's addition of Rs 16 to the Congress's promise of providing pensions and unemployment allowance was hilarious.

Yearly Improvement Report On Manifesto Implementation: Uttam

Uttam Kumar Reddy explained that the Congress government would scrap the failed schemes introduced by the TRS and continue the good ones. We will provide an improvement report on the implementation of manifesto every year after coming to power, he added.

Highlights Of Congress's People's Manifesto For Telangana Assembly Elections 2018:

- Recognition to martyrs and financial assistance to thier families

- Discarding cases on Telangana agitators in three months from coming to power

- One-time farm loan waiver worth Rs 2 lakh

- Extending financial assistance to agricultural labourers

- Minimum Support Price for 17 crops

- Rs 3,000 unemployment allowance

- One lakh jobs in one year

- Mega DSC for filling 20,000 teacher posts

- 30-bed hospital in every mandal

- Rs 5 lakh to all beneficiaries of housing scheme

- Repaying debts on Indiramma Housing scheme, Rs 2 lakh for building an extra room

- Three Corporations for the Scheduled Castes

- Implementation of 1970 land acquisition Act

- Judicial officers for Waqf boards through treasury and Rs 6,000 Honorary salary for imams, muezzins

- Merger of RTC into government

- BC reservation in local body polls

- Reinstating old pension scheme by scrapping CPS

- PRC, IR implementation

- 6 cylinders for free to the poor

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