Shimla, Nov.5: The Congress on Saturday released its manifesto for the November 12 Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections in the presence of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel.
The party has promised one lakh government jobs, implementation of the old pension scheme, 30 units of free power and Rs 10 crore ‘StartUp fund’ in each constituency.
Others present at the party’s poll manifesto release included AICC in-charge for Himachal Rajeev Shukla, former PCC chief Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu and AICC secretaries Tejinder Pal Bittu and Manish Chatrath.
The Congress has promised that all arrears due to the government employees would be given and contract employees would be regularised within two years.
While focusing on the youth, the Congress has announced setting up of a Youth Commission to look into all issues of education and employment generation and a Recruitment Board to ensure that all posts are filled up within six months of the advertisement.
The other highlights include setting up of an Anti Drug Abuse Enforcement Authority headed by a sitting high court judge to combat the problem on drug menace and Rs 1,500 per month to all women between 18 to 60 years.
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