BJP poll manifesto after Chhatth Puja

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will release its election manifesto for poll-bound Bihar after the Chhath Puja on October 28, said people aware of the details.

- Smriti Kak Ramachandran

The party has underlined that the upcoming polls will be a contest between the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), of which it is a part, and the Opposition’s Mahagathabandhan, but the allies have decided to release individual manifestos instead of a common agenda, the people quoted above said. The state will go to the polls on November 6 and Il. The results will be declared on November 14.

“Our manifesto is ready and the campaign too begun, but as ‘Chhath Puja is one of the main festivals in Bihar, it has been decided to release the manifesto after the festivities and also intensify the campaign with rallies being addressed by senior leaders such as home minister Amit Shah, defence minister Rajnath Singh, UP CM Yogi Adityanath,” said a senior functionary.