Election Manifesto
So what does Mulayam Singh and his Samajwadi Party have to say about India’s development, now that we’re close to a national vote?
(All quotes from the NDTV website)
Regarding computers:
“The use of computers in offices is creating unemployment problems. Our party feels that if work can be done by a person using hands there is no need to deploy machines.”
Regarding use of agricultural machinery:
“A harvesting season brings employment for the labour class for at least six months but these harvesters will snatch their earnings.”
Regarding education:
The party’s manifesto also mentions that it will work to abolish schools providing expensive education in English medium and provide free education for girls till graduation.
And this gem on terrorism, from the same party that wanted to field Sanjay Dutt, convicted of possession of firearms that were linked to the terrorists responsible for the 1993 Bombay blasts:
The basic cause of terrorism lies in regional differences…if a government comes to power with our support, we will ensure that action is taken against communal powers and attack terrorism at its roots.”
There is really no reason to comment on these statements; the sheer absurdity of it all is obvious.