The ruling Congress on Sunday launched its manifesto for the Chhattisgarh Assembly poll, promising loan waivers for farmers; ₹3,200 per quintal for paddy; and subsidised cooking gas cylinders for women.
Free education from kindergarten to post graduation in government colleges; 200 units of electricity for free; 17.5 lakh houses for the rural poor; ₹6,000 per bag of tendu leaves; and a caste census have also been promised in the “Bharose ka Ghosna Patra (manifesto of trust) 2023-28’ launched on the last day of campaigning for the first phase of the polls.
The document was unveiled at six different places with Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel releasing it in Rajnandgaon and the party’s Chhattisgarh in-charge Kumari Selja doing so in State capital Raipur.