Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray unveiled his occasion’s manifesto for the Maharashtra Meeting elections on Thursday. Key guarantees within the manifesto embody free training for college boys just like advantages prolonged to lady college students, elimination of the 50 per cent cap on reservation, restoration of the Previous Pension Scheme, provision of inexpensive housing for 5 lakh folks in Mumbai, and scrapping each the Dharavi redevelopment undertaking and the Barsu petrochemical refinery undertaking in Ratnagiri.
For girls voters, the manifesto contains a number of measures aimed toward bettering their security, safety, and financial empowerment. These embody establishing 24×7 women-only police stations throughout the state, recruitment of 18,000 girls cops and free journey for girls on state transport buses and in native trains, with a pledge to foyer the central authorities to increase the identical profit to buses run by civic our bodies.
Moreover, the manifesto guarantees to construct grand temples devoted to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in each district.
Thackeray additionally outlined plans to test the costs of 5 important commodities — wheat, rice, dal, oil, and sugar — with out impacting farmers. One other important promise is the growth of the ‘Shiv Bhojan Yojana’, a scheme that gives nutritious meals to the general public for simply Rs 10.
Through the press convention, Thackeray reiterated the MVA’s pledge to supply free training to male college students, aligning them with the advantages prolonged to feminine college students. As well as, job festivals might be organised each three months in each district to advertise employment.
On the controversial Dharavi redevelopment undertaking, the previous chief minister reiterated that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) would scrap the present plan, which he claimed may have opposed results on Mumbai. The MVA would additionally reclaim land given to the Adani group. He mentioned that new tenders might be issued to supply housing for Dharavi residents with ample amenities for his or her companies and industries.
Additional, the manifesto outlines a coverage to supply inexpensive housing for “sons of the soil” in city, semi-urban, and rural areas, protecting fast urbanisation in thoughts. Thackeray additionally promised that the MVA would create a complete housing coverage for Maharashtra and Mumbai.
In a bid to guard the pursuits of conventional fishing communities, the MVA additionally proposed scrapping the cluster improvement plan for Koliwadas (fishing settlements) and Gaothans (villages). Redevelopment in these areas might be carried out solely after consulting with the native residents.
