In the manifesto, BJP promised a Sonar Bangla fund worth Rs 11,000 crore to promote art, literature and other such sectors, and a Tagore Prize on the lines of the Nobel Prize.
The Election Commission cited certain guidelines for election manifestos contained in Part VIII of the Model Code of Conduct to conclude that the free vaccine promise was not violative of it.
Without naming his rivals, PM Narendra Modi also targeted the "echo system" backing them, and said it has always been against the BJP.
The BJP in its manifesto has clearly stated its commitment to pass the Citizenship Amendment Bill once voted back to power.
Irani said, Rahul Gandhi has a special obsession with BJP. Had he been focussed on the country, nation would have come to know his vision for it.
Rahul Gandhi calls BJP manifesto 'voice of an isolated man', 'short-sighted, arrogant'.
The first phase of polling for seven-phase Lok Sabha elections will be held on April 11. With just two days left, leaders all political parties are engaged in hectic campaigning. Follow live updates here.
Modi also said his government has been working to make development a mass movement in the same way as Mahatma Gandhi made the freedom struggle.
BJP election manifest: Ram temple will continue to be a big poll promise of BJP and by doing that, the party stuck to its core ideology.
BJP manifesto for Lok Sabha elections was launched on Monday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party president Amit Shah and other senior party leaders
Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel said the BJP should have come out with a 'maafinama' (letter of apology) instead of a manifesto.
Modi said BJP's 'Sankalp Patra' aims to make India a developed nation by 2047, on completion of 100 years of Independence.
The BJP released its manifesto for Lok Sabha Elections 2019.
The BJP manifesto for Lok Sabha elections was released on Monday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party president Amit Shah and other senior leaders of the party.
Jaitley added that previous governments only gave slogans, but the Modi-led administration gave resources to the poor.
The BJP released its manifesto for Lok Sabha Elections 2019. Follow live updates here.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.