New Delhi: In a bid to woo Goa’s Scheduled Tribes (ST) community ahead of the assembly elections, Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Friday announced an eight-point agenda for their welfare.
Kejriwal was in Dona Paula today with AAP Chief Ministerial candidate Amit Palekar.
In his 8 point agenda, Kejriwal promised that 3000 posts reserved for Scheduled Tribes lying vacant in the coastal state will be filled on an emergency basis if they are elected to power.
Another point he mentioned in the agenda was that the Forest Right Act will be implemented under which ownership of land will be given to the people of Scheduled Tribes in the state.
Till now, no assembly seat in Goa is reserved for the Scheduled Tribes. Kejriwal addressed this point and said that he will work towards reserving 12.5 percent of seats for Scheduled Tribes in the Goa Legislative Assembly in coordination with the Central government.
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The Aam Aadmi Party chief also promised that if elected to power, their party will provide free medical treatment, free education upto graduation for children of ST, financial assistance of Rs 1,000 to every ST woman.
He also promised that children from ST communities who will not be able to get a government job will be provided a job in the private sector, and till the job would not be found, financial assistance of Rs 3,000 per month will be provided.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was also scheduled to arrive at Panaji today for door-to-door campaigning at Dona Paula and to interact with the representatives of tourism and Anganwadi among others.