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NDA government has been able to complete over 950 km of highways in West Bengal, with over 2250 km highway development in the pipeline. 24 lakh households have been built under PM Awas Yojana, with over 10 lakh households receiving clean drinking water and 89 lakh women having access to clean cooking gas. Our achievements speak for themselves, but we realise that there is still a long way to go. To travel this long way we have reached out to the people of West Bengal and together with them we have created a vision for Sonar Bangla. Our vision for Sonar Bangla is one that seeks to make West Bengal the righul inheritor of its past glory and make sure its fruits reach everyone in the state in a fair and just manner. We want a Sonar Bangla which is recognized the world over for its culture and glorious history. A Sonar Bangla which treats all its citizens equally and where government’s schemes reach them without any discrimination or favour. A Sonar Bangla which ensures that people don't have to live under the fear of political violence, maa raj, and gundaraj. A Sonar Bangla which is a leader in all aspects of economic and social development. A Sonar Bangla which enables its youth to achieve their full potential A Sonar Bangla which empowers its women to be leaders of development A Sonar Bangla which takes care of all its people by providing accessible and quality healthcare and education A Sonar Bangla which has the infrastructure that rivals the best amongst the world A Sonar Bangla which is home to people of all walks of life who live in harmony with each other and enable each other and the whole state to prosper and progress together A Sonar Bangla which is a place where in Gurudev’s words “Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high” We believe that it is Sonar Bangla’s Purboday that will catalyse India’s Bhagyoday. Aer all, how can India be Atmanirbhar without rst transforming West Bengal into Sonar Bangla? With this vision, we are presenting before you this Sonar Bangla Sonkolpo Potro and request your suppo us in our mission to transform West Bengal into Sonar Bangla. Yours sincerely Dilip Ghosh State BJP President 3 4 • • secondary to `20,000 per month • Set up `1,000 crores Sir Ashutosh Mookerjee Fund to improve judicial infrastructure • Establish Unorganized Workers Welfare Board Ebar Sonar Bangla • Establish Weavers Welfare Board • Provide pension of `3,000 per month to unorganized workers Ebar BJP • Maintenance amount of `3,000 and `5,000 annually to auto and taxi drivers • Increase pension for senior citizens to `3,000 per month from `1,000 • `400 crores fund for the up-gradation and building of old age homes • Sponsor travel and all other expenses of senior citizens under the Tiho Mitro Yojana • Increase pension to `3,000 per month from `1,000 for divyangs Ebar Ancholik Unnoyon Ebar BJP • Establish Uor Bongo Development Board • Ensure Parja Paa rights to those living in Tea Garden, Cinchona Garden, Forest Villages, and DI Fund land • Increase wages for tea garden workers to ` 350 per day • Recognise the 11 le-out Indian Gorkha sub-tribes as Schedule Tribes • Provide Permanent political solution to the issue of Darjeeling Hills, Siliguri, Terai and Dooars region • Establish Grand Gorkha Freedom Fighters museum in Darjeeling • Establish Jangal Mahal Development Board • Establish Sunderbans Development Board • `6,500 crores to complete development works in areas devastated by cyclones Aila, Bulbul and Amphan Ebar Notun Kolkata Ebar BJP • Establish Kolkata as a center for all nancial services • Free electricity only for usage of upto 200 units for domestic consumption and 24x7 supply of electricity to households • Regular re audit for every building in Kolkata • Launch eet of AC low oor buses and increase the number of current buses to 3000 • `22,000 crores Kolkata Development Fund to transform the city into a “City of Future” • Build 10 multi-storey parking spaces in all heavy trac areas for ease of parking • `500 crores for Kolkata to receive the prestigious UNESCO Heritage City tag • Establish 10 Smog Towers in the city to combat air pollution • `1,500 crores for Clean Kolkata Mission • Extend Kolkata Metro lines to suburbs like Serampore, Dhulagarh and Kalyani • Revive Adi Ganga river in Kalighat by banning dumping of sewage and garbage, and cleaning the river on mission mode to revive its past glory Ebar Poribesh Ebar BJP • Expedite Namami Gange projects in Baranagar, Bally and Howrah • Set up `500 crores fund for Ghatal, Kandi and Noh Bengal Flood Control and Management Master Plan 7 Ebar Women's Development 01 We will provide free and quality education to all female students from KG to PG. 02 We will establish a corpus of ₹500 crores to provide nancial assistance to meritorious female students pursuing higher education in private institutions. 03 We will launch Balika-Alo Yojana under which a bond of ₹50,000 will be issued to to each family from the ST, SC, OBC and economically weaker sections on the bih of a girl child. Under this scheme, girls will receive periodic nancial assistance as follows: • Class 6 - ₹3,000 • Class 9 - ₹5,000 • Class 11 - ₹7,000 • Class 12 - ₹7,000 • Aer aaining the age of 18 years, unmarried girls who have completed education up to Class 12 will be given ₹2 lakhs. 04 We will launch Ghore Lokhi Yojana under which a xed deposit of ₹1 lakh will be given to women from the ST, SC, OBC and economically weaker sections above the age of 18 years at the time of their marriage. 05 We will provide free public transpo for all women. Ebar Women's Safety 01 We will ensure that West Bengal becomes one of the safest state in India for women and crimes against women reduce signicantly in the next 5 years. 02 We will form 9 women-only Police baalions named Shailputri, Brahamacharini, Chandraghanta, Kushmanda, Skandmata, Katyayani, Kaalratri, Mahagauri, Shiddhidatri aer Maa Durga. 03 We will form 3 women-only Matangini Hazra baalions under the State Reserve Police Force. 04 We will increase the number of women police stations in every district as per the requirement. 05 We will set up a dedicated desk operated by women ocials in every police station of the state to tackle crimes against women. 06 We will establish all-women Pritilata Waddedar squads in each district to protect females from the menace of eve-teasing. 07 We will establish Mohila Shohayota Centers at each sub-division for rehabilitation and counseling of sexual assault victims. 08 We will establish a Bina Das Mohila Surokkha Task Force with a corpus of ₹100 crores directly under the CMO to tackle the issues of women tracking to help in victim rehabilitation. 09 We will ensure time bound completion of investigation in cases of crimes against women. 10 We will establish fast-track cous at every sub-division to expedite the resolution of cases related to women’s safety and POCSO. 11 We will enact a legislation to sentence perpetrators of heinous crimes such as acid aack, human tracking and forced slavery to capital punishment. 9 01 02 We will provide upto ₹25 lakhs as a rehabilitation package to each of the victims of political violence in West Bengal. 03 We will constitute an SIT to investigate all cases of riots and take strict action against those responsible. 04 We will enact a legislation to check the destruction of public propey during riots, violent protests and unrest, making it a punishable oense. The law will allow for the seizure of propey of those who engage in riots/destruction of public propey to recover the damages. 05 We will request the NIA to investigate all cases of bomb blasts and bomb manufacturing incidents in the state. Ebar Protecting Every Citizen 01 We will establish a Sonar Bangla Aayog to collaborate with the Central Government to facilitate the fast economic development of the state. 02 We will launch the Aspiration Block Programme with special focus on aspirational blocks based on the aspirational district programme of the Central Government. 03 We will ensure all benets and allowances from government services and schemes are deposited into beneciary bank accounts through Direct Benet Transfer only to cut out middlemen, cut money and commissions. 04 We will create a one-stop unied digital poal and app (Jono Shonjog) as a single-window repository to bring the government to the doorstep of the people. 05 We will set up legal clinics at each sub-division to provide free counseling and advice to the marginalized sections of society. 06 We will form a Special Commiee to study the reorganization of the state from the district to the gram panchayat level to facilitate equitable access to resources and schemes. Ebar Police Welfare 01 We will constitute a State Police Modernisation Fund with a corpus of ₹100 crores to provide state-of-the-a armaments to the police stations such as weapons, aillery and training and forensic equipment. 02 We will assist the Central Government in seing up the Narayani Sena Baalion in Paramilitary Forces. 03 We will set up a Paramilitary Training Centre in Cooch Behar in remembrance of the brave Koch warrior Veer Chilla Rai. 04 We will set up a Police College aliated to Rashtriya Raksha University with a specialized disciplinary focus on policing, forensic science, law and telecommunication. 05 We will set up a Police Family Welfare Fund with an annual outlay of ₹100 crores.
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