Manifesto highlight: Samajwadi Party woos rural people

The highlights included 24-hour power supply, free smart phones, Rs 1,000 per month to 1 cr people

Leaving no stone unturned to storm back to power in Uttar Pradesh, ruling Samajwadi Party Sunday released its election manifesto touching almost every sector of rural life.

The 32-page manifesto carried the photographs of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, his father and SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav, but no snap of Shivpal Yadav.

Following are the highlights:

*Establishment of Farmers' fund.

*24-hour supply power in rural areas.

*Free smart phones under Samajwadi smart phone scheme

*Rs 1,000 per month to 1 crore people under expansion of Samajwadi pension scheme

*Free cycle to girls studying in class ninth to 12th.

*Pressure cooker to poor women

*Free ghee and milk powder to poor students

*Nutrious diet to pregnant women at their place.

*Metro expansion in Agra, Kanpur, Varanasi and Meerut.

*Samajwadi party smart villages

*Construction of Purvanchal expressway and Bundelkhand-Terai Expressway

*River front development in prominent cities.

*Rs 10 lakh to lawyers, less than 60 years age, on untimely deaths.

*Samajwadi sports school for sports promotion.