The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released a 16-point manifesto for the April 9 assembly elections in Kerala, promising a range of benefits to the state's residents.
The manifesto includes two free LPG cylinders per year for poor households, a Bhakshya-Arogya Suraksha card with a monthly recharge of ₹2,500 for women from poor and BPL households, and a monthly social welfare pension of ₹3,000.
The party also promised to launch a Sabarimala Infrastructure Development Mission, a CBI probe into the gold theft, and large-scale devotee-centric infrastructure development at the hill-top shrine.
Additionally, the BJP has promised to set up an AIIMS hospital, a high-speed railway corridor between Thiruvananthapuram and Kannur, and completion of all phases of the Kochi Metro.
The party's national president, Nitin Nabin, accused the LDF and UDF governments of following an appeasement policy and promised to ensure transparency, accountability, and greater participation of devotees in the affairs of shrines in Kerala.
