Tripura Assembly polls 2023: 2.5 lakh new job promises made by Left in manifesto
Opposition promised 2.5 lakh new jobs, pension to poor senior citizens, and reintroduction of the old pension scheme and two DA hikes for government employees every year if it is voted to power.
Agartala, February 3: Ahead of the Tripura Assembly election 2023, the opposition CPI(M)-led Left Front on Friday unveiled its manifesto. The opposition have promised pension to poor senior citizens, 2.5 lakh new jobs, and reintroduction of the old pension scheme and there will also be two DA hikes for government employees every year if the party comes to power.
There was a 15 page manifesto that was presented and it has promised the reinstatement of 10,323 retrenched teachers. They have also promised the regularisation of services of contractual employees and more autonomy to the tribal council.
Left Front convener Narayan Kar, while addressing the press conference for Tripura Assembly election 2023 said that democracy was strangled in Tripura after the BJP came to power in 2018. "Voting rights of people have been snatched away under the BJP-IPFT regime, while people's liberty to raise their voice has been lost. The Left Front will restore the democratic values once it wins the elections," he said.
He further elaborated by saying that, "We will create 2.5 lakh jobs during the next five years if the Left Front secures the blessing of the people," he said. Kar also said that contractual employees will also be regularised as per the guidelines.
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If any individual whose age is over 60 years and has an annual income of less than Rs 1 lakh will get social pension, Kar said. The Left Front will increase the dearness allowance (DA) if they will come to power. The DA allowance of government employees twice a year based on the consumer price index and it has also reintroduce the old pension scheme, he said.
The government employees and pensioners in Tripura are around 1,88,494. The Left Front has also promised that 200-day work per year to the poor to boost the rural economy.
Left Front convener Narayan Kar said, the Left Front will provide a high level of autonomy for the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC).
The communist party will contest election in 43 seats alone while other Left Front constituents the Forward Bloc, RSP and the CPI will be contesting in one seat each.
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