FILE- Mallikarjun Kharge
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has said his party guarantees the rights of Jammu and Kashmir and will ensure it gets back the status of a full-fledged state.
According to PTI, Tagging screenshots of the seven guarantees promised by the Congress ahead of the assembly elections, Kharge said in a post on X that the party would “give new energy to the youth” by filling one lakh government jobs.
“The Congress guarantees the rights of Jammu and Kashmir. We will get J&K the status of a full-fledged state,” he said in his post in Hindi.
जम्मू और कश्मीर के हक़ के लिए कांग्रेस की गारंटी
हम दिलाएँगे J&K को पूर्ण राज्य का दर्जा,
1 लाख सरकारी नौकरियाँ भरकर,
युवाओं को देंगे नई ऊर्जा।हर परिवार के लिए ₹25 लाख का मुफ़्त इलाज,
हर ज़िले में सुपर-स्पेशियलिटी अस्पताल,
बनेगा स्वस्थ समाज।कश्मीरी पंडितों के पुनर्वासन… pic.twitter.com/YeAqigMqoP
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) September 17, 2024
Kharge also highlighted the party’s promise of free treatment of Rs 25 lakh for every family and a super-specialty hospital in every district. He said this will create a healthy society.
“Dr Manmohan Singh’s plan for rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits will be expanded. Constitution-based rights of OBC class will be secured,” Kharge said.
Woman heads of families will get financial protection of Rs 3,000 every month, he said. Kharge also highlighted the promise of food security for every member of the family with 11 kg grain.
In its manifesto for the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir released earlier , the Congress has promised a slew of welfare measures for farmers, women and the youth.
The highlight of the manifesto — Haath Badlega Halaat — is insurance for all crops against natural calamities and a minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 72 per kilogram for apple.
The manifesto was released by AICC media and publicity department head Pawan Khera and PCC president Tariq Hameed Karra at the party office in Srinagar.
