Congress Manifesto For AP Elections 2019 Out! 

24 Mar, 2019 14:48 IST|Sakshi
Congress Manifesto For AP Elections 2019 Out!

The Andhra Pradesh Congress on Friday released its election manifesto promising special category (SCS) to the state after the party comes to power at the Centre. They also said that separate manifestos will be prepared for different districts to see to it that Andhra Pradesh sees all-round development.

N Raghuveera Reddy, the AP Congress Committee president, Kanumuri Bapiraju a Senior Congress leader and AP Congress official spokesperson Dr Gangadhar had released the Manifesto at the State Congress Office at Vijayawada on Friday.

Implementation of the Bundelkhand package for the development of seven north Andhra district and development of backward Prakasam district was promised by the Congress.

Last year on October 1, a pre-election manifesto was released in which AP Congress Committee president N Raghuveera Reddy assured the state that all the clauses made in AP Reorganisation Act 2014 will be fulfilled. He also said that he would complete the Polavaram project with the help of central funds.

Central Funds were assured for the Metro rail, and the new capital. He also said that the Congress-ruled centre would cover the revenue deficit. He also assured a steel plant at Kadapa, construct the Dugarajapatnam port and establish the Chennai-Visakhapatnam industrial corridor.

Raghuveera also said that a loan waiver of Rs 2 lakh would be given to DWCRA self-help groups and every family under the poverty line was promised four free gas refills. He promised an increase in social security pensions to Rs 2,000, Rs 2,500 and Rs 3,000 according to age groups.

He said that he would raise the Arogyasri limit to Rs 5 Lakh, and added that the scheme will be extended to cover all diseases. He touched the burning issue of fuel prices and said that he would get fuel prices under GST which would bring the fuel rates down.

BCs and minorities were promised sub-plans in the manifesto.

He promised that the party would make efforts to implement reservations to BCs in the legislature.

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