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| development, good governance and 'Ram Mandir'
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| INDIA
, 7-April-2014
7:23:17 AM |
| Narendra Modi, the frontrunner for the prime minister's post, today promised good governance and inclusive development as his BJP released its much-delayed manifesto with a mention of its core agenda including a Hindu temple at a disputed mosque site in Uttar Pradesh.
"This manifesto is not just a formality but our goal. Good governance and development are our key agenda," said Mr Modi. "I will do nothing for myself. I will not do anything with ill intent." ('Won't do anything with ill-intent': in Narendra Modi's remarks, signs of damage control)
In a 52-page manifesto, the BJP has backed Foreign Direct Investment to boost jobs in all sectors, except from global supermarkets. It also promises simplified taxes, low-cost housing for every family and a new national health policy. (In muscular manifesto, BJP shuns global retailers)
The party says it will explore the building of a Ram temple at the site where Hindu activists razed the 16th century Babri mosque in December 1992, "within the constitutional framework." (Read full manifesto)
It has also promised to repeal the Article 370 of the Constitution granting special status to Jammu and Kashmir, and draft a Uniform Civil Code for "gender equality."
The party said it would revise India's nuclear doctrine "to make it relevant to challenges of current times."
"The Ram temple issue is culturally important to us. This has nothing to do with Hindutva or athva (otherwise)," said senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi, asserting that Hindutva was not an election agenda.
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