At the BKD National Executive meeting in June, 1968, the party decided to contest mid-term elections in Uttar Pradesh. Singh prepared the manifesto which drew its ideas from his earlier work, Joint Farming X-rayed. Laying out its major agendas in twenty-five precise pointers, the manifesto promised a clean and efficient administration without corruption, maintenance of law and order, discipline in the ranks of public servants, generation rural employment by promoting handicrafts, small-scale industries and family sized small farms. The party was also opposed to the introduction of automation and envisaged a model of growth “generated from below” where small-scale industries would eventually power heavier ones driven only by consumer demand. As food imports were draining the country, it was important to ensure capital investment in agriculture so farmers could increase the yields even on the limited land available to them. The party vowed to unlock the land’s best potential by availing the farmers of improved seed varieties, fertilisers and better irrigation facilities. Special cursory focus was also placed on pressing social issues: caste, the party declared, was antithetical to democracy, and they would work ceaselessly to loosen its hold on Indian society. Surplus land would be allotted to Scheduled Castes and tribal groups for their economic welfare. The party would further ensure wide availability of medical resources and facilities, especially in rural areas where sanitary conditions are yet wanting. It promised to enforce universal compulsory primary education and technical eduction for job-seekers, as well as to facilitate scientific research. To check corruption in the panchayat system, it would also seek to amend laws on the election of members and the sabhapati. To protect urban dwellers from exactions from landlords, they sought to give ownership to those who did not own land their houses stood on. Addressing a range of issues, the manifesto solidified the BKD as a partisan of the country’s exploited and impoverished underclass.