Chandigarh, Feb 4 (IANS) Eyeing to woo the farmers, who constitute an influential electoral cohort, the BJP-Punjab Lok Congress-Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) alliance on Friday released 11 resolutions for Punjab Assembly polls with a promise to waive the debt of farmers having less than five acres of land.
It promised a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to families hit by terrorism, if the alliance comes to power in the February 20 poll.
Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma said the alliance government will set up a special task force to probe the sacrilege incidents and fast-track courts to try such cases.
The alliance promised to provide quality education, a government college in every tehsil and introducing the right to skill education.
Two-time Chief Minister and Punjab Lok Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh said the NDA government in Punjab would increase an ex-gratia grant given to soldiers who lay down their lives fighting for the nation to Rs 1 crore from Rs 50 lakh.
The alliance promised to introduce new technologies to curb the mining and liquor mafia and the Lokayukta to take on corruption cases, besides a task force to tackle the drug problem at the district level and a dope test for candidates contesting any elections.
About 2 crore voters of Punjab had voted the Congress, then led by Amarinder Singh, to a landslide victory in the 2017 Assembly election giving the party 77 seats in the 117-member Vidhan Sabha.
It later won three more seats in the bypolls held in October 2019, taking its strength to 80.
Assembly elections in Punjab will be held on February 20 and the counting of ballots on March 10.
ADVT
India
BJP-led alliance promises to waive debt of Punjab farmers
MORE India ARTICLES
India Cancels Fugitive Godman Nithyananda’s Passport, Ecuador Denies Giving Him Land
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson, during his weekly briefing, said that the ministry had sensitised all its missions and posts abroad regarding the fugitive god man.
India Cancels Fugitive Godman Nithyananda’s Passport, Ecuador Denies Giving Him Land
Hyderabad Rape-Murder Case: All 4 Gang Rape Accused Killed In Police Encounter, Their Kin Speaks Out
The four accused in the rape and murder of a woman veterinarian were gunned down in an early morning exchange of fire, after two of the accused snatched pistols from the police party who had brought them to the scene of crime for collection of further evidence.
Hyderabad Rape-Murder Case: All 4 Gang Rape Accused Killed In Police Encounter, Their Kin Speaks Out
No More Trolling: Canadian Citizen Akshay Kumar Says He Has Applied For Indian Citizenship
"I have now applied for the passport. I am an Indian and it hurts me that I am asked to prove that every time. My wife, my children are Indian. I pay my taxes here and my life is here," he said.
No More Trolling: Canadian Citizen Akshay Kumar Says He Has Applied For Indian Citizenship
Bill Introduced In US Congress To Name Post Office In Houston After Slain Sikh Police Officer Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal
Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) introduced legislation to honor Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal’s memory by renaming a post office at 315 Addicks Howell Road in Houston in his honor.
Bill Introduced In US Congress To Name Post Office In Houston After Slain Sikh Police Officer Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal
Haryana Govt To Start Special Buses For Girl Students In 5 Districts
Special buses for women would be started on a pilot basis in five Haryana districts, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said here on Friday.
Haryana Govt To Start Special Buses For Girl Students In 5 Districts
Hyderabad Vet Rape-Murder Case: All Four Accused Shot Dead By Police, Parents Of Victim Praise Police For Killing Accused
The police alleged that one of the four accused had gestured to the other three to flee after attacking the cops. The four tried to run towards a deserted pathway when cops opened fire in self-defence, an official told. He added the accused were taken for the recce in the middle of the night “to avoid confrontation with the public, who are angry.”