Congress Party released its manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024 on Friday, April 5. In the manifesto, the party promised to ensure that minorities of the country will have the freedom of choice of dress, food, language and personal laws.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former president Rahul Gandhi released the manifesto at All India Congress Committee Headquarters in New Delhi.
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The party further claimed that they will encourage reform of personal laws that must be undertaken with the participation and consent of the communities concerned.
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The grand old party vowed to amend the election laws as it suggested a combination of electronic voting machines and ballot paper to conduct elections. The manifesto released by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge stated, “We will amend the election laws to combine the efficiency of the electronic voting machine (EVM) and the transparency of the ballot paper.”
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The manifesto further noted that voting will be through the EVM. However, at the same time, the voter will be able to hold and deposit the machine-generated voting slip into the voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) unit. The manifesto added, “The electronic vote tally will be matched against the VVPAT slip tally.”
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The Mallikarjun Kharge helmed party vowed not to interfere with personal choices of food and dress, to love and marry, and to travel and reside in any part of India.
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The manifesto further mentioned that all laws and rules that interfere unreasonably with personal freedoms will be repealed.
“We promise to amend the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution and make defection (leaving the original party on which the MLA or MP was elected) an automatic disqualification of the membership in the Assembly or Parliament,” said Congress.
Furthermore, the party vowed to bring a law to recognize civil unions between couples belonging to the LGBTQIA+ community.
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Published: 05 Apr 2024, 12:32 PM IST