Karnataka Election: Congress releases party manifesto; Rahul takes on BJP-RSS

The Karnataka is set to go to polls on May 12, where the voting will be done across 56,696 polling stations.

Congress releases its manifesto for Karnataka elections/ ANI IMAGE

Mangalore: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday released its party manifesto for the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state. The manifesto was released in the presence of senior leaders like CM Siddaramaiah and other party leaders. Promises made by Karnataka Congress in its manifesto 2018: 

• The party has promised to create 15-20 lakh jobs every year
• Party also promises to construct Rajeev clinics in every city and Indira clinics in every village
• The party also announced that the youth aged 18-23 years will be provided with smart phones

While addressing the party leaders post manifesto release, Gandhi claimed that “'Whatever the manifesto says will be done, 95% of what was mentioned in the last manifesto has been done”. Gandhi also took on Bharatiya Janta Party and said, “We don’t impose our ideology on people like BJP”. “BJP’s manifesto will be full of false promises and hidden corruption” he said.

Mangalore: CM Siddaramaiah, Congress President Rahul Gandhi and other senior party leaders launch Congress party's manifesto for #KarnatakaElections2018. Rahul Gandhi says,'Whatever the manifesto says will be done, 95% of what was mentioned in the last manifesto has been done.' pic.twitter.com/p5J81iRW7R

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Gandhi further added saying, “BJP manifesto will be decide by 2-3 people in the party and will have the ideology of the RSS”. The Karnataka is set to go to polls on May 12, where the voting will be done across 56,696 polling stations. The counting of votes is set to take place on May15.