The BJP and the Maha Vikas Aghadi have released their manifestos. The BJP's Sankalp Patra versus Maha Vikas Aghadi's Maharashtra Nama. The Congress's Mallikarjun Kharge said that if voted to power, the MVA will increase quota beyond 50 per cent on caste census in Maharashtra. The BJP promised Maharashtra will have 50 lakh 'lakhpati didis' in the next five years.