Bengaluru: BJP's CM candidate BS Yeddyurappa, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar and other leaders launched the party's manifesto for upcoming Karnataka assembly polls 2018.

“Welfare of farmers has always been our priority. We will allocate Rs 1,50,000 Cr for various irrigation projects in Karnataka and ensure water reaches to every field in the state”: BS Yeddyurappa at launch of BJP manifesto .

In farmer centric manifesto BJP said it will announce a crop loan waiver upto Rs. 1 Lakh, including all loans from nationalized banks and co-operatives, in first cabinet meeting for the benefit of farmers

He added that BJP has pledged to ensure that farmers receive 1.5 times the cost of production as Minimum Support Price (MSP) to execute PM Narendra Modi's "vision of doubling farmers' incomes 2022", the party wrote on its official Twitter account.

To prop up farmers during price fluctuations, Rs. 5,000 Crore "Raitha Bandhu Market Intervention Fund" will be set up which provide a safety net for farmers, BJP asserted.

Yeddyurappa assured farmer voters that Welfare of farmers has always been our priority.

On a related note, a week before the Congress party released its manifesto for Karnataka assembly elections.