NEW DELHI: The BJP last week promised to bring about sweeping political, social and economic hangs, if voted to power, through ‘the application of Hindutva in its holistic sense.”
Releasing the party’s 80page election manifesto, BJP president L.K. Advani said that Hindutva is the cultural bedrock on which they would and secure aspire to create a strong and secure, India, people friendly Government, a debt free economy, a corruption free administration and a conflict and riot free society.”
The document makes a special mention of the sensitive temple issue, promising to, and “facilitate the construction of a magnificent Shri Rama Mandir at Janmasthan in Ayodhya which will be a tribute to Bharat Mata.” “The manifesto mostly reiterates known positions of the BJP, including the abrogation of Article 370, the creation of smaller states and the introduction of a Uniform Civil Code, There are, however, several pages devoted to the party’s economic agenda which attempt to explain swadeshi economics in a nutshell.
Apart from the of repeated stipulation of foreign investment only in high tech areas, the manifesto holds ‘out promises of fiscal reforms, price stability measures, infrastructure development and decentralization of the economy. “The manifesto emphasizes that public sector will be limited only to areas where national security issues are involved. The small scale sector will be encouraged to grow. Black money will be used for capital creation but the Government will retain the right to tax revenue flows from such capital, the document says.
Article extracted from this publication >> April 10, 1996
