New Delhi: Just a week before the Delhi polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday released a tailor made manifesto for every constituency. Like the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), corruption and reduction of electricity tariffs topped the agenda for the BJP too.
The last among the 3 main contenders, the BJP had been combating allegations that the delay in releasing the manifesto was due to a lack of vision.
However, the BJP has said that the delay was due to the planning that they had to do. "It was delayed because we had to plan a lot," BJP's Delhi unit chief Vijay Goel said.
On the contentious issue of power, the BJP has said that they will reduce electricity bills by 30 per cent and invest in solar energy if they come to power, while the AAP claims that they will slash bills by 50 per cent. Though the Congress whose government has drawn flak on the issue has remained silent on the issue.
The BJP in its manifesto has promised water supply to every colony and the AAP is proposing 700 litres of free water per day per family. The Congress too has said that they will increase the water subsidy to 40 kilolitres per month if voted to power again.
When it comes to corruption, the AAP has promised to implement the Jan Lokpal bill, the BJP has promised e-governance and the Congress has promised more transparency.
Like the AAP, the BJP had been hoping to bring out separate manifestos for all 70 constituencies, but with time fast running out, it has left the final decision to its candidates.
Defending the manifesto, BJP's chief ministerial candidate in Delhi, Harsh Vardhan said that "the main manifesto cannot talk about local problems, it'll only focus on larger issues. Any MLA if he wishes to spell out his/her plan of what he intends to do in his constituency is welcome."
The AAP has attacked the BJP for stealing its innovative idea of a tailor-made manifestos. "BJP wants to copy but they will have to use their brains," AAP spokesperson Manish Sisodia said.
Both BJP and AAP are clearly pulling out all stops but the question remains on whether their promises in the manifestos will help them rope in enough voters to challenge the Congress which has been in power for three decades.
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