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Congress party after ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ and now ‘ Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ seems gained much confidence and leaders of the party started talking about guarantees, if comes to power source says. In a rally at Banswada, the senior leader of Congress Rahul Gandhi announced that, if comes to power the MSP will act as law, all graduates and diploma holders will compulsorily get Rs one lakh apprenticeship for one year, all the 30 lakh vacancies of state and central governments will be filled after drawing a calendar to achieve the target immediately and most importantly said that the paper leak will be completely stopped by giving the work to government sector instead of present system of getting it through private organisations source says. He further assured that the government officials if found wanting will be strictly dealt with as per the law of the land a source says. The Gig workers will also be given social security and youth below 40 years old will get start-up funds to start their businesses source says. Rs 5,000 crores will be earmarked for start-up organisations source says. It is felt that Congress in its manifesto will also promise small and medium business owners relief from GST a source says. Apart from these Congress will go all out for caste census to get actual numbers for distribution of facilities and plan social security programs accordingly source says, the Party is also likely to come back with the policy of minimum secured income scheme as was declared in the last assembly elections source says. Congress is likely to include the guarantee to pay 20% poorest of the poor a minimum of Rs 72,000 per annum in the manifesto source says. 30% reservation for women in all the services is also on the card to be included source says. Rahul Gandhi has categorically said many times that after returning to power his party will scrap the Agniveer scheme of the defence forces source says. All the schemes if started in true spirit as said after return to power, many present-time demands of different sections of society will be fulfilled source says. Challenges are many but thinking is in the right direction at least source says.