Airy-fairy ruling BJP Haryana government's promises and intentions have turned out to be false, says Congress leader and former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
"BJP did not do any development work in the last 10 years of its tenure nor does it have any achievement worth mentioning in the 100 days of its third term. Till now, neither the promise of giving ₹2100 to women has been fulfilled, nor 2 lakh jobs have been given to the youth, nor the Kaushal Nigam workers have been made permanent, and nor has MSP been given to the farmers," he said.
Speaking at a press conference in Rohtak on Friday, he answered the questions of the journalists regarding the corporation elections. Hooda said the BJP deliberately delayed the civic elections and due to the court's reprimand, it is now forced to conduct elections. Congress is fighting the elections with full strength and is getting the full support of the public. Hooda also held programs in support of Congress mayor candidate Surajmal today and sought votes from the people.
Responding to questions from reporters, Hooda said Congress had demanded the Election Commission to conduct elections on ballot papers, because if elections can be held in Uttarakhand with ballot papers, why not in Haryana? “Surprisingly, the Election Commission not only rejected the Congress' demand, but now news is coming out that this time VVPAT will also not be installed along with EVMs. This is a direct violation of the Supreme Court's orders,” he said.
Hooda said the BJP has no work worth mentioning in the entire Haryana including Rohtak. “The roads and sewerage system in Rohtak are in a bad condition. BJP has given the community centers, built by Congress, on contract. Forget about building new roads, this government is not even able to get patchwork done on them. BJP has failed to provide even drinking water to the people,” he added.
“Corruption is so rampant that the former BJP MP himself had exposed a scam of Rs 300 crore in the Amrit Yojana. Congress MLA Bharat Bhushan Batra had also raised this issue in the Assembly. Not only in Rohtak but also in Gurgaon and Faridabad corporations, scams worth hundreds of crores have taken place during the BJP government,” he noted.
On this occasion, MLA Bharat Bhushan Batra said the BJP is openly flouting the code of conduct in the corporation elections. “The BJP has put up its posters on government buildings and places. Even posters have been put up from the Mini Secretariat to the DC office premises. We demanded action from the Election Commission. But no action has been taken so far,” Batra stated.
Batra said the BJP is fighting the entire election in the name of caste. “It even wrote the caste of its candidates in the list. The word Harijan was used behind the name of the candidate in the list, which is a violation of the law,” he said.