Mulayam’s take: slump boosting terrorism

“The nations which are economically backward target developed ones and similarly,developed nations attack weaker ones for their vested interests. The US and Iraq are the living example of it,” the document says. Yadav said if the boundaries of India,Bangladesh and Pakistan are eliminated,the issue of terrorism would be resolved forever.

“Terrorism increases with increasing borders,” he said,adding that “after partition India could improve its economy but Pakistan got involved in terrorist activities”.

The SP chief said smaller states encouraged regional differences,leading to terrorist activities.

The manifesto says coalition governments will never be able to effectively fight terrorism but his party would back a government at the Centre which is against the communal forces.

The party has also taken a stand against the use of machines,computers and English language.

“English medium schools which charge high fees from students should be closed down,” the manifesto says,while stressing on manual labour instead of use of harvesters in agriculture or computers in offices.

The party also wants excess money taken away from those who have wealth in abundance rather than slapping legal cases against them.

“Legal cases carry on forever without results”. The manifesto criticised the “India Shining” slogan of NDA in 2004 as well as the UPA’s slogan of “common man and inclusive growth”.

All previous governments have only added to the poverty,unemployment,economic discrepancy and exploitation,” the party manifesto claims.

Manifesto talk:

* No to machines in agriculture

* No to computers

* No to English language

“English medium schools which charge high fees from students should be closed down”

* The party also wants excess money taken away from those who have wealth in abundance rather than slapping legal cases against them.