RLD manifesto for UP polls out: 33 per cent reservation to women, AIIMS like hospitals on list

Jayant Choudhary took the lead as the party announced that the focus for UP Assmebly Elections 2017 would be the youth and plight of farmers.

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RLD manifesto for UP polls out: 33 per cent reservation to women, AIIMS like hospitals on list

With just 5 days left before Uttar Pradesh goes to the phase I of Assembly election, the Rashtriya Lok Dal today released its manifesto for the state. RLD founder and supremo Ajit Singh accompanied with Jayant Choudhary and other senior leaders released the list.

Jayant Choudhary took the lead as the party announced that the focus for UP Assmebly Elections 2017 would be the youth and plight of farmers. The party has kept its slogan, 'Sukh Kisaan Swaavlambi Naujawan' (Satisfied farmers, self sufficient youth)

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Key points of the RLD manifesto includes:

  • Providing 33 per cent reservation to women in all government job posts.
  • Finishing payment of pending sugarcane farmers in under 14 days.
  • Apart from Allahabad, set up High Courts in Western UP, Bundelkhand and Northern UP.
  • Fill all vacant posts in the state in 100 days.
  • Make AIIMS like hospitals in various parts of the state.
  • Bring in a separate budget for farmers in Uttar Pradesh.

Contesting more than even the Samajwadi party seats in UP this time, the RLD will be fighting elections in over 300 seats this time. The SP will be fielding candidates on 298 seats, in the alliance with the Congress which will have 105.

Traditionally having popularity in western UP, the party is venturing in other parts of the state as well, campaigning aggressively. Ajit Singh said, "We will fight as many seats as possible to win the state this time."