Union finance minister Arun Jaitley, who was deployed by the BJP today to counter the Congress's manifesto, said the promises made by Rahul Gandhi were "unimplementable" and "dangerous". The Congress said in the manifesto that Section 124A "has been misused and, in any event, has become redundant because of subsequent laws" and so would be omitted. Jaitley said the suggested relaxation regarding bail was done to help Maoists and terrorists and some of the ideas in the document could encourage the "Balkanisation of India" and were drafted by the Congress president's friends in the "tukde tukde gang". It also said that the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act and the Disturbed Areas Act in J&K will be reviewed. Jaitley attacked this section, saying that the Congress wanted "mukadme (ciriminal cases)" against personnel of the armed forces.

Source: The Telegraph April 02, 2019 13:18 UTC