“Congress will deliver” is the cover page promise of the Grand Old Party of India for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The title of the manifesto is an attempt by the Congress to contrast itself with the alleged failure of the BJP to deliver on its pre- and post-election promises. AdvertisingThe opposition has repeatedly criticised the BJP and the NDA government for resorting to jumlas or false promises before the last elections and thereafter. Releasing the manifesto, Congress president Rahul Gandhi underlined that his party’s governments had delivered on the promise of farm loan waivers in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh soon after winning the Assembly elections last December. However, aware that welfare expenditures being promised in the manifesto may generate apprehensions among markets and industry, Congress claimed that the document sought to marry “wealth and welfare”.

Source: Indian Express April 02, 2019 10:41 UTC