New Delhi Jan 16: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and senior Congress leaders may soon embark on a mass contact programme to seek inputs from the electorate on their expectations from the party if voted to power again in the upcoming Assembly elections.
The manifesto-drafting exercise, helmed by senior leader M Veerappa Moily, has by and large been an internal affair involving consultations with party leaders from various regions to understand the aspirations of the people.
On Saturday last, Congress president Rahul Gandhi asked the party leaders to fan out across the state and seek inputs from the people and include them in the party manifesto for the Assembly elections.
The idea was first mooted by the Aam Aadmi Party which had reached out to voters in Delhi ahead of the 2013 Assembly elections seeking their inputs for the manifesto. The fledgling party had also come out with constituency-centric manifesto.
The Congress tried out this concept during the recently concluded Gujarat Assembly elections. Technocrat and Overseas Congress Chairman Sam Pitroda was tasked with drafting the "People's Manifesto" for Gujarat.
Pitroda had held meetings with the residents of five cities – Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Jamnagar and Surat to prepare the manifesto covering areas such as healthcare, small and medium enterprises, job creation and environment protection.
For Karnataka, Gandhi has asked the chief minister to involve senior leaders in a similar exercise.
The Congress manifesto is expected to focus on five transformational ideas that would bring about fundamental changes in the economic and social conditions of the people of the state.
Moily had claimed that the Siddaramaiah govenment had fulfilled 98% of the promises made in the Congress manifesto for the 2013 elections.
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Dear CM, why we Kannadigas pay highest tax in India. What Crime did we commit. Arun Jaitely is fool who decides on Budget. How can a Lawyer plan on Budget, BJP does not have Finance guy in their team ??? Also Cut the Taxes for Petrol. Give us Toll-Free Roads in Karnataka. NICE road is Increasing the charges every day, nobody to Ask them? Why cant Karnataka Govt make our State Toll-FREE?? You collect so many tax on vehicles? where is this going???? Nobody is bothered....Y this LOOT only in Karnataka. Why is Price of Car in Delhin & our State has so much Difference ?????? Best Example is if UK govt Deducts 30% on Salary they give Education & Medical Free for Lifetime. What are we getting??? Why cant we Reform our System. We being in Bangalore Our BESCOM Bill is Not Delivered upto the mark, Water Bills are pathetic.....Y..Y...Y
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