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| BJP manifesto: Modi woos farmers ahead of election | |
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| India has entered full election mode: voting is due to begin on 11 April, with the final ballot cast more than five weeks later on 19 May. Every day, the BBC will be bringing you all the latest updates on the twists and turns of the world's largest democracy. | India has entered full election mode: voting is due to begin on 11 April, with the final ballot cast more than five weeks later on 19 May. Every day, the BBC will be bringing you all the latest updates on the twists and turns of the world's largest democracy. |
| The BJP releases election manifesto | The BJP releases election manifesto |
| What is happening? | What is happening? |
| The governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its election manifesto, which promises a slew of welfare schemes to India's farmers - a key vote bank in a country where nearly half the population is engaged in agriculture. | The governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its election manifesto, which promises a slew of welfare schemes to India's farmers - a key vote bank in a country where nearly half the population is engaged in agriculture. |
| A farmers' income scheme that targeted only small farmers (those who owned up to two hectares of land) has now been expanded to all farmers in the country - they will each now receive 6,000 rupees ($86; £66) yearly. | A farmers' income scheme that targeted only small farmers (those who owned up to two hectares of land) has now been expanded to all farmers in the country - they will each now receive 6,000 rupees ($86; £66) yearly. |
| Small farmers and traders will also now receive a pension from the government; and the party has renewed its earlier promise of doubling farmers' incomes by 2022. | Small farmers and traders will also now receive a pension from the government; and the party has renewed its earlier promise of doubling farmers' incomes by 2022. |
| National security is a major part of the manifesto - India's home minister Rajnath Singh repeatedly referred to India's "zero tolerance against terror" while speaking after the manifesto was released. | National security is a major part of the manifesto - India's home minister Rajnath Singh repeatedly referred to India's "zero tolerance against terror" while speaking after the manifesto was released. |
| The document includes other welfare measures, from permanent housing for the poor to piped water in every household to water management and recycling. | The document includes other welfare measures, from permanent housing for the poor to piped water in every household to water management and recycling. |
| Why does this matter? | Why does this matter? |
| It isn't surprising that the BJP manifesto targets farmers because Indian agriculture, blighted by a depleting water table and declining productivity, is in crisis. And protests by farmers have regularly made headlines in the past five years. | It isn't surprising that the BJP manifesto targets farmers because Indian agriculture, blighted by a depleting water table and declining productivity, is in crisis. And protests by farmers have regularly made headlines in the past five years. |
| Like the Congress, the BJP has also promised to reserve 33% of seats in the parliament and state legislatures for women. Both parties had committed to this ahead of past elections as well. | Like the Congress, the BJP has also promised to reserve 33% of seats in the parliament and state legislatures for women. Both parties had committed to this ahead of past elections as well. |
| Some have said the manifesto makes no major promises or announcements that will be hard to deliver. | Some have said the manifesto makes no major promises or announcements that will be hard to deliver. |
| The BJP's manifesto also underlines some of the party's core pledges, which are popular with its right-wing supporters. These include cancelling the "special status" granted to Kashmir by the Constitution; and building a Hindu temple at a disputed site where a mosque once stood but was demolished by Hindu mobs in the early 1990s. | The BJP's manifesto also underlines some of the party's core pledges, which are popular with its right-wing supporters. These include cancelling the "special status" granted to Kashmir by the Constitution; and building a Hindu temple at a disputed site where a mosque once stood but was demolished by Hindu mobs in the early 1990s. |
| What happened last week? | What happened last week? |
| You can read a full recap of everything that happened here. | You can read a full recap of everything that happened here. |
| But here are the highlights: | But here are the highlights: |
| Coverage from previous weeks: | Coverage from previous weeks: |
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