IN ITS manifesto for the May 10 Assembly polls, the ruling BJP on Monday promised implementation of Uniform Civil Code (UCC), the National Register of Citizens (NRC), free cooking gas cylinders thrice a year for BPL families and ‘Atal’ food centres to provide affordable and healthy food. “We will implement the UCC in Karnataka based on the recommendations given by a highlevel committee which is to be constituted for the purpose,” according to the manifesto. “We will introduce the National Register of Citizens in Karnataka and ensure speedy deportation of all illegal immigrants in the State”. “The Constitution (of India) allows us to move in the direction of Uniform Civil Code. ‘Justice to all; appeasement to none’ is our policy”, BJP National Present J P Nadda, who was among those present at the release programme, said.

The party also promised to create a special wing in the State called ‘Karnataka State Wing against Religious Fundamentalism and Terror (K-SWIFT). The BJP said it would provide three free cooking gas cylinders to all BPL families -- one each during the months of ‘Yugadi’, ‘Ganesh Chaturthi’ and ‘Deepavali’. “We will set up an ‘Atal Aahara Kendra’ in every ward of every municipal corporation in the State to provide affordable, quality and healthy food across the State”, the party said in its manifesto. It also promised to launch the ‘Poshane’ scheme through which every BPL household will be provided with half litre ‘Nandini’ milk every day and five kg ‘Shri Anna - siri dhanya’ through monthly ration kits.

The party also promised ‘Sarvarigu Suru Yojane’ under which the Revenue Department will identify and distribute 10 lakh housing sites across the State to the homeless beneficiaries. According to Nadda, the BJP’s ‘Praja Pranalike’ meaning citizens’ manifesto is centred around six ‘A’. “These SixA are Anna (food security), Akshara (quality education), Arogya (affordable health), Aadaya (assured income), Abhaya (social justice for all) and Abhivruddhi (Development),” he noted. The BJP said it will launch a scheme called ‘Onake Obavva Samajika Nyaya Nidhi’ through which it will provide a matching deposit up to Rs 10,000 on five-year fixed deposits made under the scheme for women of SC/ST households. Under the proposed ‘Visvesvaraya Vidya Yojane’, the party promised to partner with eminent individuals and institutions for holistic upgradation of Government schools to ‘top class standard’. ‘BOGUS’, NOTHING BUT ‘JHOOTLOOT BJP MONEYFESTO’:CONG:THE Congress on Monday called the BJP’s manifesto for the Karnataka Assembly polls as “bogus” and a “JhootLoot BJP Moneyfesto” and asserted that people will vote out the party