JMM, Cong made 461 promises in manifestos before previous J'khand polls, all bundle of lies: Shivraj
Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday alleged that the JMM and the Congress had made a total of 461 promises in their manifestos before the previous assembly elections in Jharkhand but those were «nothing but a bundle of lies». The BJP election in-charge for Jharkhand was in Ranchi to attend a party programme.
«JMM had made 144 promises to the people in its manifesto, while the Congress had made 317 promises. In all, the alliance had made 461 promises but those were nothing but a bundle of lies,» Chouhan said while speaking to reporters at the BJP headquarters here.
He said that the JMM, in its manifesto, had promised to provide lakhs of jobs and unemployment allowances of Rs 5,000 to Rs 7,000 to youths.
«Not a single unemployed youth in the state has got the benefit so far,» he said.
«Similarly, the party promised to create women banks to provide loans to women and kisan banks for farmers. I want to ask the alliance government how many women and kisan banks have been set up in the state,» Chouhan said.
He said the ruling government had promised to develop Jharkhand through tourism and not by promoting mining.
«Tourism has not developed but mining is rampant,» Chouhan said.
«The JMM had further promised to make Palamu, Garhwa, Giridih, Chaibasa, Dumka and Deoghar world-class cities at an amount of Rs 25,000 crore. The CM should reply why the residents of these six cities were cheated,» he said.
Earlier in the day, Chouhan took part in workers' felicitation and Vijay Sankalp Sabha in Khijri assembly segment.
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