Free WiFi at prominent public places, “pink toilets” for women and free water connections to all homes are among the key promises made in BJP’s Sankalp Patra released in Lucknow on Sunday ahead of the Uttar Pradesh civic polls.
The polls are being seen as the first major electoral test for Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who unveiled the ‘Sankalp Patra’, a virtual poll manifesto, at the BJP headquarters in Lucknow along with deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma, state urban development minister Suresh Khanna and state BJP chief Mahendra Nath Pandey.
At the event, Adityanath spoke about providing services transparently and without “partiality”. He also spoke of ‘gaushalas’ and shelters for other animals. However, opposition parties termed it as an eyewash, with the Samajwadi Party terming the Sankalp Patra as “Chhal Patra” (Document to befool the people). The Congress accused the BJP of not fulfilling past promises.
