Delhi Elections: 50,000 govt jobs, ₹10 lakh insurance cover for gig workers in BJP's manifesto 3.0 released by Amit Shah

Delhi Elections 2025: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on January 25 released the third and last part of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) manifesto for upcoming assembly elections in the national capital.

The saffron party will a establish welfare board for gig workers and provide ₹10 lakh life insurance and ₹5 lakh accidental insurance to these workers if it comes to power, Shah said. 

The party has also promised to fill 50,000 government posts transparently, create 20 lakh self-employment opportunities and clean Yamuna in three years and develop a riverfront along the lines of the Narmada riverfront in Gujarat.

“Arvind Kejriwal is running a government in Delhi which does not fulfil its promises, and then again, he comes forward with a heap of lies and an innocent face. In my political career, I have never seen such a liar. I have no problem with using such harsh words because I am convinced,” Shah said before announcing the new promises.

The elections to the 70-member Delhi assembly are scheduled for February 5. The results will be announced on February 8.

Shah said that the BJP will give full ownership rights, including buying, selling and construction in 1,700 unauthorised colonies of Delhi. The BJP has also promised to re-open 13,000 shops that were sealed during the AAP regime. 

“We will also convert 13,000 buses into e-buses," he said.

What BJP promised earlier? 

In the first part of its manifesto, ‘Sankalp Patra,’ released by the party’s national President, JP Nadda, on January 17, the party promised to provide ₹2,500 monthly to women in Delhi under the Mahila Samridhi Scheme. The party also promised a subsidy of ₹500 on LPG cylinders and one free cylinder each during Holi and Diwali, apart from ₹21,000 to pregnant women if voted to power in the national capital.

In the second part of its manifesto for Delhi Elections 2025, released by party MP Anurag Thakur on January 21, the BJP promised to provide  ₹15,000 in financial assistance to students preparing for Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and other state civil services exams besides free education “from KG to PG” for needy students, if voted to power in the national capital.

The BJP has not been in power in Delhi for 27 years. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), led by Arvind Kejriwal, won assembly elections in 2015 and 2020. Before that, the Congress was in power from 1998 until 2013.

In the last two elections, the BJP was left with single-digit seats in the Delhi assembly.

Here is a list of promises that BJP promised in final part of its manifesto:

• Welfare board for gig workers. Life insurance up to ₹10 lakh and accident cover of up to ₹5 lakh. Scholarship benefits to their children.
• 50,000 government to be filled and 20 lakh self-employment opportunities to be created.
• Open 13,000 shops that are sealed in Delhi. 
•  All refugees from Pakistan who are living in colonies on lease will be given ownership of property.
• Full ownership rights, including buying, selling and construction in 1,700 unauthorised colonies.
• 13,000 buses to be converted into e-buses.
• Clean Yamuna in three years. Yamuna riverfront on the lines of Sabarmati riverfront.
• Complete abolition of manual scavenging.