India, April 15 -- Welfare, big-ticket transport projects, and religion starred in the Bharatiya Janata Party's manifesto for the April 23 Tamil Nadu assembly elections released on Monday by Union health minister and the party's former national president JP Nadda. Track election updates here

The manifesto promises monthly assistance of Rs.2,000 to all women heads of households and a one-time sum of Rs.10,000 to every household. The BJP's ally in the state, the AIADMK, the senior partner of the National Democratic Alliance in Tamil Nadu, made a similar promise in its manifesto released on March 24. BJP state president Nainar Nagendra and former state president K Annamalai was also present during the release of the manifesto.

Nadda also a...