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| India's Congress party set to unveil election manifesto | India's Congress party set to unveil election manifesto |
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| India's governing Congress party is due to release its election manifesto as it campaigns for a return to power. | India's governing Congress party is due to release its election manifesto as it campaigns for a return to power. |
| Media reports say the manifesto will address the problems of rising prices, corruption, security of women and the economic slowdown. | Media reports say the manifesto will address the problems of rising prices, corruption, security of women and the economic slowdown. |
| Polling to elect a new parliament begins on 7 April and runs to 12 May. Votes will be counted on 16 May. | Polling to elect a new parliament begins on 7 April and runs to 12 May. Votes will be counted on 16 May. |
| With some 814 million eligible voters, India's election will be the largest the world has seen. | With some 814 million eligible voters, India's election will be the largest the world has seen. |
| Reports say that the Congress party manifesto may also promise quotas in private jobs and cheap health care for the most under-privileged groups. | |
| It is also likely to promise more fast-track courts and all-women police stations to deal with crimes against women. One report said the party is likely to promise 70 new universities in the country. | |
| "It is one of our promises that people's right to health will be ensured if the third Congress-led coalition government comes to power," party leader Rahul Gandhi told a rally in the north-eastern state of Tripura on Wednesday. | |
| "We have ensured food security for all... Now we have to implement people's right to health," the Press Trust of India quoted him as saying. | |
| The general elections will be held in nine phases over April and May. | The general elections will be held in nine phases over April and May. |
| The election pits the governing Congress party-led coalition against the opposition BJP and its allies. | The election pits the governing Congress party-led coalition against the opposition BJP and its allies. |
| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is stepping down and Congress is being led by Rahul Gandhi, the latest member of India's influential Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. | Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is stepping down and Congress is being led by Rahul Gandhi, the latest member of India's influential Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. |
| The BJP is being led by the charismatic and controversial Hindu nationalist leader, Narendra Modi. | The BJP is being led by the charismatic and controversial Hindu nationalist leader, Narendra Modi. |
| Mr Modi, who is ahead in all the pre-poll surveys, is the leader of Gujarat state which witnessed one of India's worst anti-Muslim riots in 2002. | Mr Modi, who is ahead in all the pre-poll surveys, is the leader of Gujarat state which witnessed one of India's worst anti-Muslim riots in 2002. |