Lok Sabha Elections 2019: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday confirmed that it will release its election manifesto today, April 8 for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2019. Hope are high from the party and speculations are being made that BJP might put into consideration several key issues in its manifesto which has been named – the Sankalp Patra. According to sources, some hotbed issues including Ram Mandir construction, scrapping of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir and others.

During a press conference in the national capital, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today confirmed that the party will release its election manifesto tomorrow and also shared some highlights of BJP’s election campaign. He said that the campaign for the upcoming polls will be conducted in three themes – government that works, the government that is honest and government that takes big actions.

According to sources, BJP’s election manifesto could also include the construction of Ayodhya-Mathura-Kashi corridor. Other issues such as safety and conservation of cows, right to education, scholarships in sports for tribal women and reduction of GST on sports accessories to 5 per cent might also be some key pointers in BJP elections manifesto. Apart from this, the induction of military courses till Class 12 might also be among the key issues in the manifesto.

Earlier in the day, BJP President Amit Shah released party’s election manifesto for Lok Sabha and Assembly election in Odisha which gave priority to women with the party promising provision of capital punishment for convicts, involved in the rape of minor girls below 15 years of age.

The saffron party also promised to launch a scheme for providing two-wheelers to meritorious girl students upon completion of school education. The party will give a one-time loan waiver for all outstanding loans taken by women Self Help Groups (SHG) and to create a fund of Rs 2,000 crore to provide interest-free loans up to Rs 3 lakh.

BJP also assured stringent action against corruption by appointing a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the chit fund scam. The BJP president said Goondaraj and mining mafia would be dealt with an iron hand.

Highlighting several other points in the party's Sankalp Patra, Shah announced that farmers will get loans at zero per cent interest. The party also assured small and marginal farmers of a monthly pension of Rs 3,000.

The manifesto promised development of irrigation facilities with a Rs 1 lakh crore fund, the uninterrupted power supply of eight hours to farmlands, 1.5-time minimum support price (MSP) for all agricultural produce and benefits of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) Yojana to eligible farmers.

The BJP also announced Rs 3,500 crore fund for Skill Odisha, Rs 2,000 crore Odisha Tourism Skill fund, Ease of Doing Business for Odisha within five years, filling of all vacant posts in the state within two years and setting up of a Knowledge Centre in Bhubaneswar.