The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) during a press release on Wednesday stated that the Assam Assembly Election 2021 is about the vision and roadmap for Assam’s growth.
Senior Congress leader Pramod Tiwari, APCC Media Department Chairperson Bobeeta Sharma, AICC Spokesperson Gourav Vallabh was present at the press meet.
Posted by Pramod Tiwari on Wednesday, 24 March 2021
The Congress party believes that Assam’s growth story will emerge from the core of the Assamese identity. The state is fortunate to have a rich cultural, lingual and artistic legacy.
Assam Congress stated that the five guarantees provided by the party revolve around the identity of the Assamese people.
Unlike Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress party has a comprehensive vision for the development story of Assam. With the five Guarantees at the core of the vision, the roadmap encompasses a host of other measures for the all-round development of Assam and the Assamese people.
• Generating employment
• Empowering households
• Bestowing respect to women
• Protecting the Assamese identity and
• Financial rights to the workers are the core Guarantees.
The highlights of the entire development ecosystem of the five Guarantees:
1. Bestowing respect on women:
• The Congress party will waive off debt for women who have taken loans from microfinance banks.
• There will be free of cost state transport for all women.
• In every district of Assam, a Women’s Police Station will be set up.
• Congress party aspires to increase the monthly remuneration given to ANM, GNM, Anganwadi, and Asha workers after being elected to power.
• For the protection of women in public spaces, CCTVs will be installed. This procedure will be first undertaken in Guwahati city.
2. Promoting Assamese Identity:
• Free of cost yarn, handloom machine, and other associated equipment will be provided to every weaver.
• For Muga workers and artisans, various schemes and programs will be undertaken.
• It will be mandatory to propagate Assam’s traditional handicrafts in State organizations, schools, hotels, resorts, tourist centers.
• Assam will be built and projected as a model state for Tourism in the country.
3. Financial Upliftment and Welfare:
• Special emphasis will be given to the registration and identification of street vendors.
• BJP party had given the false promise of allocating ‘land pattas’ to tea tribes. On a priority basis, Congress will allocate these lands to tea tribes.
• The landless and homeless persons from the tea tribes’ community will be allotted land and housing.
• Free of cost coaching will be provided to students of the Tea Tribes who are preparing for competitive exams like APSC.
• Private schools in the tea gardens and those of the Tea Tribes owners will be brought under state government.
• The state will undertake the financial responsibility of the children of the Tea Tribes who are admitted in medical and engineering fields.
Congress party is always committed to the holistic development of Assam. All the other schemes will together form a comprehensive ecosystem including Infrastructure development of the state, improving health facilities and education, and boosting sports.
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