PATNA: The ruling NDA is working on a “common blueprint” for the implementation of the poll promises made by its four constituents — BJP, JD(U), VIP and HAM (Secular) — for the next five years. All four NDA constituents had come up with their separate manifesto for the recently concluded assembly polls in Bihar.
The constituents claim that work has begun on compiling an overall programme comprising important elements from all four manifestos, which will be implemented by the government led by JD (U) national president Nitish Kumar.
However, it is not the first time the NDA government in the state is taking up such an exercise. A "common minimum programme" based governance was first introduced by the Nitish-led NDA government in 2005 under which it announced to set up an administrative reforms commission for ensuring a clean and transparent administration.
“All four allies made certain announcements during the assembly election and we aspire to prepare a roadmap for the implementation of the most important welfare-oriented programmes of every ally. Talks are going on, and the blueprint will be out in the public domain as soon as it gets finalised,” BJP state president Dr Sanjay Jaiswal told TOI on Thursday.
The main component of the 1-point election manifesto of BJP included the creation of job opportunities for 19 lakh people in the state and free vaccine for Covid-19 virus among others.
JD (U) state president Bashishtha Narayan Singh also confirmed that plans are afoot for bringing out a blueprint for the implementation of the salient poll promises of all four NDA allies.
“While JD (U) is committed to working on the Saat Nischay 2.0 programme, work is going on for implementation of the welfare-based poll promises of other allies as well,” Bashishtha told TOI.
The Saat Nischay 2.0 or the second edition of Nitish’s seven resolves envisage seven points, namely ‘Yuva Shakti- Bihar Ki Pragati’, ‘Sashakt Mahila- Saksham Mahila’, ‘Har Khet Tak Sichai Ka Pani’, Swachch Gaon- Samriddh Gaon’, ‘Swachch Shehar- Vikasit Shehar’, ‘Sulabh Samparkta’ and ‘Sabke Liye Atirikt Swastha Suvidha’.
Another senior functionary of JD (U) said on condition of anonymity that a couple of meetings have already taken place among NDA partners for arriving at a framework for implementation of the poll promises. “While the blueprint will largely comprise the poll promises of JD (U) and BJP, some points from HAM(S) and VIP manifestos may also be included. Poll promises that are most feasible and welfare driven are under evaluation,” he said.
HAM (S)’s spokesperson Danish Rizwan also said work has started on the blueprint for NDA. “The manifesto of each party is being reviewed and the best component from each party’s poll promises will be incorporated in the final blueprint to be rolled out by the government,” he said.