Mangaluru: Tamil Nadu BJP Chief K Annamalai released "Navayuga Navapatha" manifesto of Dakshina Kannada (DK) Lok Sabha constituency for party candidate Capt Brijesh Chowta at the BJP office in Mangaluru on Tuesday.
Speaking on the occasion, he said that the BJP has honoured all the 795 points mentioned in the central party's manifesto in 2019.
Capt Chowta's manifesto focuses on nine areas of infrastructure and connectivity, industry and investment, startup and entrepreneurship, tourism, Nari Shakti, culture and heritage, agriculture, animal husbandry and fisheries, youth and connect, coastal development and security.
Speaking on the occasion, Capt Chowta termed the manifesto as a "task sheet" to reach 'Viksit Dakshina Kannada' on the lines of 'Viksit Bharat' by 2047.
"My first priority after winning will be to complete all the ongoing central government projects in the district and addressing connectivity issues between Mangaluru and Bengaluru which require a strategic blend of infrastructural enhancements and technological innovations, while also keeping the ecological challenges in mind. An all-weather connectivity road between Mangaluru and Bengaluru is also my priority," he said.
Capt Chowta said, "Back to the 'Ooru' initiative to bring back our people to our hometown, our people have successfully established businesses across the country in the last few decades which are aimed at encouraging them to setup their business here to generate employment in the region."
He also promised to make an effort for setting up a Film City in Dakshina Kannada, a sainik school named after Rani Abbakka, to have a forensic research centre and an NIA which would be aimed at dismantling the terror network and keeping a vigil on rising cases of terror activities at the coast."
Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, DK BJP President Sathish Kumpala and others were also present at the manifesto release.
Published 23 April 2024, 14:23 IST