(14 Apr 2024)
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New Delhi - 14 April 2024
1. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives with other ministers to unveil Hindu nationalist party’s election manifesto
2. Poster on wall in hall which reads (Hindi) "Once again Modi government"
3. Modi being welcomed by President of Bharatiya Janata Party JP Nadda with flowers
4. Modi and other party leaders unveiling the Hindu nationalist party’s election manifesto
5. Poster on wall in hall which reads (Hindi) "This is Modi’s guarantee"
6. Leaders showing copy of manifesto
7. Modi showing party manifesto
8. Journalists
9. Party leaders on the dais
10. Close of Modi
11. SOUNDBITE (Hindi): Narendra Modi, Indian Prime Minister
“The BJP government in the last 10 years have pulled out 250 million people out of poverty. We have proven that we work to bring results.”
12. Wide of leaders sitting on dais listening
13. SOUNDBITE (Hindi): Narendra Modi, Indian Prime Minister
“BJP has also resolved to expand many poor welfare schemes. Modi's guarantee is that the free ration scheme will continue for the next five years.”
14. Journalists
15. SOUNDBITE (Hindi): Narendra Modi, Indian Prime Minister
“BJP's big focus is on green energy and self-reliance in energy. Therefore, there should be blending of ethanol in petrol, green hydrogen, renewable energy, cow dung, biofuel in all areas more speed will be brought. Apart from making us self-reliant, it will also provide security to the country from the environmental point of view.”
16. Journalists
17. SOUNDBITE (Hindi): Narendra Modi, Indian Prime Minister
"It is the BJP’s resolve to make India a global hub for every emerging sector of the world. The time is not far when India will be the green energy hub of the world. There will be a pharma hub, there will be electronic, there will be an automobile hub. There will be a semi-conductor hub. There will be a innovation hub, legal insurance hub, contracting commercial hub. The day is not far when the world's biggest economic centres will be in India."
19. Modi acknowledging the crowd
STORYLINE:
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday vowed to boost social spending, develop infrastructure and transform India into a global manufacturing hub as companies shift away from China.

He unveiled his Hindu nationalist party’s election strategy as he made his bid to return to power for a third five-year term.

Modi promised to expand social programs introduced during his party’s 10-year rule, including millions of free homes for the poor, along with healthcare, cooking gas and free grain.

His government has been paying 6,000 rupees ($73) a year to poor farmers.

He said his government’s policies have pulled 250 million people out of poverty since he came to power in 2014.

India is the world’s most populous country with over 1.4 billion people.

The BJP's president, J.P. Nadda, said less than 1% of Indian people now live in extreme poverty.

India holds its elections on different days in different parts of the country, stretching over weeks.

Voting for the country’s parliament will begin on April 19 and run until June 1, and results will be announced on June 4.

Most polls have predicted a victory for Modi and the BJP.

But the opposition Congress Party argues that Modi has undermined India’s democracy and favored the interests of the rich.

Modi has been campaigning extensively across the country, promising to expand India's economy to $5 trillion by 2027 from around $3.7 trillion.






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