NEW DELHI: The 54-page Congress party manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha election 2019 dwells on a vast range of issues from agriculture to business to minorities. In comparison, in the 2014 manifesto of the Congress, 'provide' occurred 33 times, 'education' 55 times, 'ensure' 116 times and 'people' 34 times.The word 'economy' occurs 32 times while it occurred only 7 times in 2014. 'Farmer' occurs 35 times and 'agriculture' 19 times while in 2019 'farmer' occurred 20 times and ''agriculture' 14 times. The word 'business' which occurs 41 times occurred just 10 times in the 2014 manifesto. 'Technology', which occurred only 9 times in 2014, occurs 25 times now.The word 'women' occurs 38 times now against 58 times in 2014.

Source: Economic Times April 02, 2019 11:26 UTC