CPI (ML), in its manifesto, demanded that voting must be done by ballot, not with EVM source says. The party has covered 15 subjects covering nearly 60 public-related points source says. Unemployment allowance, creation of employment, reservation in the private sector, scrapping of Agniveer scheme, decent life for poor sand labourers, rejuvenation of agriculture and village economic system and providing cheap residence in urban areas are prominently mentioned source says. In addition, strengthening of PDS, price control on essential items, education to all, strengthening of medical systems and guarantees for MSP for crops have been covered source says. As a constituent of the I.N.D.I.A. alliance, CPI (ML) is contesting from Karakat, Bhojpur, and Nalanda constituencies, a source says. CPI ( ML) is also contesting from the Kodarma constituency in Jharkhand source says.