Modi’s right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) outlined its key policies in the document released with fanfare in New Delhi, balancing nationalist policies with development talk, three days before elections begin. Under fire from the opposition Congress party for not doing enough for India’s struggling farmers, the party said it would infuse more than $300 billion for rural development. Recent opinion polls, although notoriously unreliable, suggest Congress is trailing BJP ahead of India’s mega-election running from April 11 to May 19. “This manifesto has been prepared with strong nationalist vision … it is rooted in India’s realities,” said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Critics say Modi has failed to create jobs and revive the rural economy.

Source: Pakistan Today April 08, 2019 11:11 UTC