--- description: India’s ruling Congress party has released its manifesto — five months in the making — for general elections next month. title: India: Congress Party Publishes Election Manifesto Ahead of Polls image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # India's Congress Party's Election Manifesto Is Ode to Common Man by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 26, 2014 10:22 AM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 26, 2014 10:22 AM CUT India’s ruling Congress party has released its manifesto — five months in the making — for general elections starting next month. This year, the ruling party asked for [feedback](http://www.incmanifesto.in "undefined") from the electorate before compiling what has essentially been dubbed a people’s manifesto. “We decided to go to the people for the first time,” campaign chief Rahul Gandhi said at the release, the _Times of India_ [reported](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/specials/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Lok-Sabha-polls-Congress-releases-2014-peoples-manifesto/articleshow/32717181.cms? "undefined"). Published Wednesday afternoon, the document promises inclusive development, action against graft and good governance. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/38241/indias-congress-party-release-manifesto/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/38241/indias-congress-party-release-manifesto/"},"headline":"India's Congress Party's Election Manifesto Is Ode to Common Man","datePublished":"2014-03-26T10:22:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:58:05.053Z","description":"Ruling party releases populist manifesto after gathering feedback from electorate over five months","url":"https://time.com/38241/indias-congress-party-release-manifesto/","keywords":["India","Election 2014"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/38241/indias-congress-party-release-manifesto/","name":"India's Congress Party's Election Manifesto Is Ode to Common Man"}}]}] ```