BHOPAL: The state BJP election manifesto committee is grappling with 40,000 suggestions that have been received from various sections regarding the party's Vision Document for 2018 assembly elections. Sources said that upper caste unrest in the state has also compelled the saffron party to bring changes to its main agenda of `Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas'.The party has decided to declared the `Vision Document - 2018' for assembly polls in the first week of October after nod by the national leadership, said sources in BJP.The manifesto committee was given September 15 as the deadline to submit its suggestions to the state election management committee and chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan . However, committee members failed to process the suggestions due to the death of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee It took ten days for the members to compile 40,000 suggestions received for the party's manifesto. According to members, the suggestions and a copy of the manifesto will be submitted to the chief minister before finalizing the main draft. "Of the 40,000 suggestions, the members will sort out main suggestions to be included in the party manifesto. We had been assigned to submit a draft before September 15, however due to Atalji's demise, there were no meetings held to discuss the plan. Now, we will submit the draft on September 25 so that the manifesto could be declared immediately after the `model code of conduct' becomes effective", manifesto committee convener Deepak Vijayavargiya told TOI.Due to the delay, the party has also extended the date to receive suggestions from the public till September 20. Sources said that owing to the upper caste unrest in the state, the BJP leadership has decided to add more schemes like Sambal Yojana to woo the majority voters. "It was also decided that after holding panchayats of small and medium traders and priests, the government will include a large section of lower middle class as beneficiary of its flagship schemes", said sources, adding that till now, the BJP had only focused on employment, women security and poverty alleviation as the main agenda, besides schemes for farmer and women.After compilation of the suggestions, the committee will hold a meeting with top leaders and chief minister to give it a final shape, said sources. “We will discuss the final plan with chief minister before submitting it to the state election management committee. Hopefully after adding Chouhan’s suggestions and reviewing the main agenda, we will submit the manifesto by September-end”, said convener of manifesto committee Vikram Verma