With less than a week to go for the Karnataka elections, the Janata Dal (Secular) on Monday unveiled its manifesto, which declared that the party would implement a farm-loan waiver in 24 hours of coming to power.
The loan waiver would include crop and horticulture loans, and medium-term loans. The poll document also promises free seeds and fertilisers.
The manifesto was released by JD(S) State President and former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy.
The 28-page manifesto also promised free power and 30-kg rice to BPL families. Women get a special mention in the manifesto. Those who vote in the elections will get an incentive of ₹2,000 while pregnant women will get ₹6,000 per month for three months before and after delivery. A pension will be provided for widows, differently-abled people and senior citizens.
A JD (S) government will also introduce “spoken Kannada” and “spoken English” in all government schools. Skills, hobbies, talent identification from middle-schools will continue until graduation and will be part of a “revised” education system, the manifesto said.
The other main parties, the Congress and the BJP have already released their respective manifestos.