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BJP unveils BTC poll manifesto, vows developed BTAD in 5 years

Guwahati, Sep 12 (UNI) Promising a newly developed Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts (BTAD), the ruling BJP in Assam released the manifesto for the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) election, scheduled for September 22, and assured full implementation of the Bodo Peace Accord.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, state BJP president Dilip Saikia, and a host of other saffron party leaders attended the manifesto release function held at the party headquarters at Basistha in Guwahati.
"We are committed to 100 percent on-ground implementation of the Bodo Peace Accord. We are going to include 5 lakh women of Bodoland under the Mukhiya Mantri Mahila Udyamita Achoni, a women entrepreneurs development scheme, and extend the Nijut Moina Achoni to all the students of BTAD," said Sarma while releasing the manifesto.
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