BJP agenda includes concern for the three contentious shrines at Ayodhya, Mathura and Varanasi , the party proposes a huge 500-crore rupees development package for each of the three towns. Allahabad has been discreetly added to the list. "The focus will be on developing these four places as the ultimate destinations for religious tourism.
While stressing that BJP believed in "treating all sections of society at par" and opposing "appeasement" of anyone (read Muslims), both Naidu and Tripathi talked about "bringing 'madrasas' into the mainstream of the state's education through their large-scale modernisation."
The manifesto makes all kinds of promises for the farmer, the downtrodden and the poor, besides of course offering 50 per cent reservation for women in local bodies elections and 20 per cent quota for them in government jobs.
Significantly, it promises to bring the chief minister too under the purview of the Lok Ayukta.
The manifesto also proposes to scrap such chapters from text books which tend to "create misinformation about some of India's great leaders," without going into any specifics, it also talks about pulling out "objectionable content relating to Sikhs, Jains and certain other castes from text books."
