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Gujarat election 2017: We believe in inclusive growth, vikas: BJP manifesto

BJP released its manifesto for the Gujarat Assembly polls 2017 hours before voting for the first phase began, coming up with the slogan of total development and promising to double farmers' income

FM Shri Arun Jaitley releases Sankalp Patra 2017 for Gujarat assembly election. Photo: @BJP4India
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FM Shri Arun Jaitley releases Sankalp Patra 2017 for Gujarat assembly election. Photo: @BJP4India

With voting for the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly election 2017 to begin in a few hours, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday finally came up with its manifesto. Finance minister Arun Jaitley and Union Minister For Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad released the party's vision document, without any extravagant promises, and focused on overall inclusive development. 

Jaitley took a dig at Rahul Gandhi, who ascends as the Congress President, and said he was trying to woo the social composition of KHAM (Kshatriyas, Harijans, Adivasis, and Muslims). He said, "BJP will always stand against jaativaad (casteism), sampradayvaad (communalism)