NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) promised on Sunday (April 14) to create jobs, boost infrastructure and expand welfare programmes if it wins a third term, seeking to address key voter concerns ahead of next week's elections.
Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of the Bharatiya Janata Party J. P. Nadda display copies of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's election manifesto for the general election, in New Delhi, India, April 14, 2024.
Surveys, however, suggest unemployment, inflation and rural distress remain issues of concern in the world's most populous country despite its strong economy, and addressing these will be Modi's biggest challenge. "India's youth will not have even imagined the number of opportunities that will come their way," he told cheering BJP members, including top federal ministers who sat in the audience wearing stoles featuring the BJP's lotus symbol.Congress, the main opposition party, which has been struggling to revive its fortunes, said it was not impressed by a manifesto that is filled with "empty promises".
Other BJP promises include raising the cap on loans for non-farming small and micro borrowers, offering free housing for another 30 million poor and keeping up a free grains programme for 800 million Indians until 2029.
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