Bengaluru: The ruling BJP promised to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Karnataka, in its election manifesto for the May 10 Assembly polls, released on May 1.
We will implement the UCC in Karnataka based on the recommendations given by a high-level 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, said BJP National Present J. P..Nadda, who was among those present at the release programme.
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 states that 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 promised in its manifesto.
It also assured 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 manifesto is centred around six ‘A’.
These Six-A are Anna (food security), Akshara (quality education), Arogya (affordable health), Aadaya (assured income), Abhaya (social security) and Abhivruddhi (Development), he informed.