new delhi reservation for women in government jobs citizenships to those living as refugees for decades and big investments in health and infrastructure were the highlights of bjps manifesto for the upcoming bengal assembly electionsunion home minister amit shah released the manifesto titled sankalp patra for a sonar bangla at an event in kolkata on sunday eveningthe document promised that 33 of all govt jobs will be reserved for women we will start common eligibility test for all state government jobs to keep a check on corruption shah saidin other bigticket announcements for women the manifesto promised free travel on public transport and raising 12 new women police battalions in the statespeaking on investment in health sector amit shah said three new aiims all india institute of medical sciences will come up in north bengal jangalmahal and sunderbanseducation for women will be free from kg to the postgraduate level the manifesto promisedwest bengal elections 2021 live updatesthe document also promised citizenship to those residing in the state for 70 years or more as refugees citizenship amendment act caa will be implemented in the first cabinet and refugees who have been staying here for 70 years will be given citizenship each refugee family will get rs 10000 per year for 5 years amit shah saidthe bjp has regularly attacked the state government for stalling various central schemes in the states amit shah said a bjp government in the state will ensure fasttracking of aayushman bharat and other such schemesspeaking about various schemes for farmers shah said rs 18000 would be transferred directly into the accounts of 75 lakh farmers under pm kisan samman nidhi yojana he alleged that chief minister mamata banerjee had deprived bengal farmers of benefits under the scheme for the past three yearsthe sankalp patra also spoke of rs 6000 yearly aid to families of fishermenthe bjp manifesto makes big promises about upholding bengals cultural traditions and development of the bangla languagewe will work with the central government to ensure efforts are made at the international level to make bengali one of the official languages in the united nations amit shah said while releasing the documenthe also promised setting up a rs 11000 crore fund for promoting the states art and culture and a tagore prize on the lines of the nobel prizethe party said that to transform kolkata into an international city it will set up a kolkata development fund worth rs 22000 crore and also ensure that the metropolis becomes a unesco heritage cityshah also promised strict action against those involved in corruption racketeering and political violencethe manifesto was released at kolkatas eastern zonal cultural centre on sunday evening kailash vijayvargiya dilip ghosh mukul roy and dinesh trivedi were among other party leaders present at the eventwest bengal will see a 8phase polling beginning march 27 counting of votes will take place on may 2watch west bengal polls amit shah releases bjp manifesto promises sonar bangla