BJP promises it will revise tax slabs
Mr Joshi was heading the manifesto committee of the party in 2014.
New Delhi: Balancing populist welfare initiatives with muscular nationalism, the ruling BJP on Monday released its manifesto for the high-stakes Lok Sabha polls promising pension to 15 crore marginal farmers and small shopkeepers to counter the Congress’ minimum income scheme, while vowing to extend Assam’s National Register of Citizens to the entire nation to push out infiltrators and show zero tolerance to terror.
That all was not well between the BJP’s veterans and the existing te-am became evident as most of the party veterans, including L.K. Advani and M.M. Joshi were missing from the event.
Mr Shah later met both of them. Mr Joshi, who has been seething over denial of parliamentary ticket. Incidentally, Mr Joshi was heading the manifesto committee of the party in 2014. Ram Mandir featured on top of the “cultural herita-ge” section with the par-ty reiterating its stand and exploring “all possibilities within the framework of the Constitution to facilitate expeditious construction” of its in Ayodhya. Looking to win over the salaried middle class, the party said it is committed to further revise the tax slabs and tax benefits to ensure more cash and greater purchasing power in the hands of families.