Vijayawada: Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan on Thursday announced the party’s election manifesto with many measures to improve the lives of farmers, farm labourers, women, youth and students.Kalyan announced the party manifesto during the party’s Formation Day held at Rajamundry on Thursday.One of the highlights of the manifesto is a plan to give financial and marketing support to farmers, with creation of opportunity zones to provide marketing avenues and bring agriculture under MNREGS.He has also promised free and high-quality seeds, machinery support, profitable price system against minimum support price (MSP), Rs 5,000 pension per month to farmers above 60 years, a fruit and grain conglomerate in Godavari at Rs 5,000 crore, warehouses, free solar pump-sets and a drought-free Rayalaseema.He also promised gold loans at 6% interest to farmers and bring the interest rate to 3% if the first loan is cleared in one year. He also promised Rs 5,000 loans to small vendors at 3% interest rate without security.In healthcare sector, Jana Sena chief promised Rs 10 lakh insurance coverage for every family, upgrading of district hospitals into super-specialty hospitals, multi-specialty hospital in every revenue division and diagnostic centers in every mandal headquarters.Jana Sena has promised 15% budgetary allocation for education, besides free bus passes and free canteens for students. He also promised free education for all, free travel for students appearing for competitive examinations.He recalled how he had built his party in the last five years and how he was targeted by opponents for his politics. He told the people that he has come to serve people and not to grab power. “I am not interested in the chief minister’s chair. It is not a luxury for me. It is a responsibility. If you vote me to power, I will serve you better. If you vote me to sit in opposition, I will continue to serve you,” Kalyan said.He blamed BJP for denial of special category status. He also found fault with TDP for changing its stand on core issues. He accused YSRC of serving the interests of the party chief and ignoring the interests and self-respect of the people by aligning with TRS. He made an appeal to TRS not to interfere with AP politics.

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