[Reader-list] Work Programme 2009-14 (Congress Manifesto)

[Taha Mehmood]

Dear All

These bits below are from the manifestos of the Indian National Congress 
and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) respectively, vis-a-vis their 
position on the National Identity Card. As we can make out both these 
parties seem very toned down in its rhetoric on the national identity 
card. While Congress seems to take the argument of  'right' and 'pride', 
for CPIM the argument for the card is made through social security.

Regards

Taha


http://www.congress.org.in/home-layout-manifesto.php


Citizenship is a right and a matter of pride. With the huge IT expertise 
available in our country, it is possible to provide every Indian with a 
unique identity card after the publication of the national population 
register in the year 2011.

http://www.indian-elections.com/partymanifestoes/cpim.html

Setting up special welfare board for fish workers and providing them 
identity cards and social security schemes;