The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday released the second list of 60 candidates for the Karnataka election. This comes after the party released its manifesto for Karnataka polls giving 10 guarantees on Wednesday. The promises included 300 units of free electricity per month, 80 per cent reservation to locals in jobs, and 33 per cent reservation to women in government jobs if voted to power.






The Arvind Kejriwal-led party is gearing up to contest all seats in Karnataka assembly polls. The AAP promised that it will generate 2 lakh jobs every year and fill up all the vacant posts, with preference to regularisation of contractual staff.


Kannada proficiency will be made mandatory for the state government jobs if the AAP is voted to power, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said while releasing the party manifesto at a press conference in Bengaluru.


"It's not just a poll manifesto, it's a list of 10 guarantees which we will fulfill as we did in Delhi and Punjab," Singh said, as quoted by news agency PTI.


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If voted to power, AAP will make government schools better than private schools, set up a committee to fix and regulate private schools fees, and regularise jobs of contractual teachers in the state, Singh emphasised.


"Students of the state will be provided with free city bus transport facility," he added.


For students who pass Class 12, a programme will be rolled out to give them a six month-long employability training with a Rs 5,000-per month stipend, Singh said.


"Voting age for the local body elections will be lowered to 16 years," he added.


The AAP will provide 33 per cent reservation in the state government jobs to women and also free city bus rides to them, Singh said.


Every below poverty line woman above 18 years will get Rs 1,000 per month as an "empowerment allowance." 


"While old age pension will be increased from Rs 400 to 1,500 per month, widow pension will be increased from 800 to 2,000 plus Rs 500 per dependent child per month. Minor disability pension will be increased from Rs 600 to Rs 1,500 per month. Major disability pension will be increased from Rs 1,400 to Rs 2,500 per month," the AAP MP said.


The party promised free health care services from medicines to surgeries as well as the establishment of Delhi-model mohalla clinics in every locality and panchayat, and doorstep delivery of ration and government services.


The state will vote in a single phase on May 10 and the results would be declared on May 13.