India Bloc's Manifesto to Focus on Women, Quotas

The Bloc Has Prioritized Education, Employment, Healthcare and Social Welfare Sectors in the Manifesto

- Subhash Pathak

PATNA: Introducing reservation in private sector jobs, cash for women under the proposed Mai Bahan Samman Yojana, financial assistance to promote self-employment to curb migration, and better healthcare facilities are among the key promises the Opposition INDIA bloc in Bihar is likely to include in its common manifesto for the upcoming assembly elections, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

The INDIA bloc in Bihar—comprising RJD, Congress, VIP, and left parties—is hoping to unseat the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

Leaders of INDIA bloc partners, who held a marathon meeting at the state Congress headquarters—Sadaqat Ashram—in Patna over the last two days, broadly arrived at a consensus on the common manifesto for the assembly polls scheduled for October-November this year, a senior functionary of the RJD said.