Samajwadi Party’s Manifesto Calls for PDA (Pichde, Dalit, Alpasankhyak) Govt

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday unveiled the party’s manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections titled ‘Janta Ka Maang Patra – Humara Adhikar’.

The manifesto of the SP promises a caste-based census by 2025 and the scrapping of the Agnipath scheme.

The 20-page manifesto has called for a PDA government this time. PDA stands for the acronym Pichde (backward classes), Dalit and Alpasankhyak (minorities) that was coined by Yadav.

The party also promised to restore the old pension scheme, ensure the participation of all sections of society in the private sector and completely eliminate poverty by 2029.

The manifesto includes giving a legal guarantee of minimum support price to the farmers, waiving off agricultural loans of farmers, providing free irrigation facilities, and formation of a Farmers’ Commission.

The party promised to provide a pension of Rs 5,000 per month to all landless small and marginal farmers.

The SP said flour instead of wheat would be provided to the people as part of a free ration and mobile data worth Rs 500 would be given for free to every ration card-holding family.

The SP is contesting 62 out of 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh as part of the alliance, while the Congress is contesting 17 seats.