BJP Unveils Part II of Sankalp Patra: Free Education from KG to PG, ₹1,000 Stipend for SC Students

The big poll sops include free education for students from KG to PG, Rs 1,000 stipend for students from unprivileged background and also one-time assistance for UPSC and other competitive exam aspirants.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday released Part II of its Sankalp Patra, announcing another set of poll promises if the party is voted to power in the upcoming Assembly elections.

The big poll sops include free education for students from KG to PG, Rs 1,000 stipend for students from unprivileged background and also one-time assistance for UPSC and other competitive exam aspirants.

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Former Union Minister Anurag Thakur announced the same through a press conference, during which he also raked up the Central government's schemes for street vendors while lashing out at AAP government for allegedly using 'sleeper cells' to extort money and harass them.

Unveiling the second part of Sankalp Patra, loaded with sops and bonanza for students, the BJP MP also attacked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government over its string of failures on multiple fronts. He said that AAP came to power by deceiving the people of Delhi and after grabbing power, it left them in the lurch.

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In the first poll promise for students, he said that the BJP government will provide free education to all the children, from KG (Kindergarten) to PG (Post-graduate).

He also unveiled party's plans of rolling out skills training program for over 1.5 youth.

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Slamming the city government over infamous incident of UPSC aspirants drowning in a coaching centre last year, the BJP MP promised one-time assistance of Rs 15,000 for students preparing for competitive examinations.

He said all the poll promises of BJP are backed by 'Modi ki guarantee' and hence subjected to roll-out in a time bound manner however, it was the AAP dispensation which has only ignored and betrayed the city residents in past 11 years.

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Shining light upon Centre's scholarship program for unprivileged students, BJP's national spokesman Anurag Thakur said that the party, if elected to power, will introduce stipend program for SC students along the lines of Gujarat model.

Under the Centre's programme, more than 34.5 lakh SC students have got Rs 3,046 crore scholarship so far. BJP government will launch a stipend policy for Delhi students who are enrolled for technical education such as ITI and polytechnic and the stipend given to the student of the SC community will be Rs 1,000 monthly, Thakur declared.

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He also promised to double the number of PM SWANidhi Yojana beneficiaries.

"A welfare board will also be formed for domestic workers, providing them life insurance of Rs 10 lakh, accident insurance of Rs 5 lakh, scholarship for their children and 6 months paid maternity leave," the BJP manifesto further said.

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Earlier, the first part of BJP's manifesto saw women taking centrestage with multiple monetary assistance schemes launched for them, including Rs 21,000 aid for pregnant women.

Delhi goes to polls on February 5 while results will be declared on February 8.

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