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BJP’s slogan: government on your doorstep

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GEARING UP: BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj, Jaswant Singh, L.K. Advani, Rajnath Singh and Arun Shourie at the launch of the BJP’s IT vision document at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Saturday.

NEW DELHI: Unveiling its new vision for an India governed with the help of the internet and information technology, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday promised to bring its administration to people’s doorstep.

Party leaders L.K. Advani and Rajnath Singh unveiled the party’s ‘IT vision document’ and launched its refurbished website. The slogan is: ‘Sashan janta ke dwar’ — government at people’s doorstep.

A hint of the protest registered by general secretary Arun Jaitley by not attending Friday’s central election committee meetings was available on Saturday too, when Mr. Jaitley arrived late and left early without taking any questions from reporters.

Mr. Advani said national security was a prime concern and if the National Democratic Alliance were to form a government after the Lok Sabha election, work would begin on a project to give a multi-purpose national identity card to every citizen. This was especially important as the number of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in India ran into crores, he said.

Mr. Singh pointed out that, among political parties, the BJP was the first to have its own website.

The IT vision document promises internet-enabled education in all schools, broadband connectivity in all towns and villages, creation of IT-enabled jobs, free mobile telephone for every poor family below poverty line, telemedicine through internet connections in primary health centres and a Rs. 10,000 laptop for 10 million students — with a loan to go with it.

But, above all, the party promised an e-governance plan that would effectively connect the government to every panchayat and citizen.

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