"Will Take India On One Mission, One Direction": PM Launches BJP Manifesto

Securing the country against "internal and external aggression", scrapping a law for special rights to residents of Jammu and Kashmir and doubling farmers' income by next year headlined the BJP's manifesto launched today by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the national election beginning Thursday. "Nationalism is our inspiration, empowerment of weaker sections is our vision and good governance is our mantra," PM Modi said, adding that it would take India on "one mission, one direction". The manifesto, themed "Sankalpit Bharat - Shashakt Bharat" or "determined India, empowered India", also "reiterated" the promise of a Ram temple at Ayodhya and pledged to "explore all options".