Chennai : Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK, a key constituent of the INDIA bloc in its manifesto released on Wednesday promised to repeal the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 if the opposition alliance wins the LS polls.
Disbanding the current NITI Aayog, set up by the BJP regime and establishing again the Planning Commission to draft plans based on the requests of state governments is another assurance the DMK has made.
Also, it announced that if voted to power, the INDIA bloc will withdraw the Agnipath scheme and reintroduce “permanent recruitment service” in the Indian Armed forces.
“From now on, population census, including caste-wise census and census concerning people below the poverty line, will be conducted by the Union government once every five years simultaneously.”
The DMK will firmly insist on the removal of Article 356, which allows the dismissal of duly elected state governments and imposition of President’s rule.
The Congress party’s ally in Tamil Nadu said that “new constraints” on States’ borrowing capacity, imposed by the union government beyond the limits in each state’s FRBM-equivalent Act will be eliminated.
Waiving loans and interests for farmers in nationalised and scheduled banks, waiver of educational loans for students, monthly entitlement of Rs 1000 for all women in every state and formation of State Development Council by including Chief Ministers were among the promises made by the DMK.
Exemption for Tamil Nadu from the NEET exam and complete removal of toll booths on national highways, forms part of poll promises of the Dravidian party. ( With PTI Inputs )
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