Former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that under the BJP government, no one in the state feels safe. He said the unfortunate incident where the son of a BJP leader was stabbed to death was the proof of the deteriorating law and order situation in the state.
He pointed to the recent incident where the son of a BJP leader was stabbed to death in broad daylight as evidence of the deteriorating law and order situation.
“From MLAs, former MLAs to the police, all have fallen prey to bullets, attacks and threats of miscreants. During this government, even the families of the ruling BJP leaders themselves are not safe. The latest example of this was seen in Jind. Here, the young son of a BJP leader was stabbed to death in broad daylight. In such a situation, one can imagine how unsafe the common man would be,” he stated.
The former CM said that ever since the BJP has come to power in the state, the graph of crime is going up continuously. “Crime has become so uncontrolled, as if the state is being run not by the government, but by the mafia,” he noted.
“Together, these incidents have created an atmosphere of fear across Haryana. The state government is repeatedly failing to provide a sense of security. Murders, robberies, extortion, and kidnappings have become disturbingly routine, and the government seems to be ignoring these grave issues,” he said.
He highlighted the fact that the Social Progress Index (SPI) report of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council itself has described Haryana as the most unsafe state in the country. The NCRB report shows that in 2022, within a year, 1,020 murders took place in the state. During 2022 itself, 1,786 rape cases were reported in Haryana.
Hooda said that due to fear and extortion threats, the government couldn’t find contractors for over 300 liquor vends across 12 districts as criminals had openly threatened the contractors. “The state is being run by the dictates of criminals,” he said.
He reminded that such conditions existed in Haryana even before 2005, when the Congress came to power. “As soon as the Congress formed the government, criminals were clearly warned to either give up crime, or leave Haryana,” he added.
“The Congress government had completely wiped out gangsters, mafia and criminals from the state. Therefore, law and order prevailed in the state for 10 years and due to the safe environment, businessmen invested heavily. That is why Haryana became the number one state in the country on every scale of employment generation, investment and development. But as soon as the BJP came to power, it ruined the law and order. This is the reason why businessmen are leaving Haryana one by one and no one is ready to invest,” he added.
“Due to lack of investment, new jobs are not being created in the state and the youth are going on the path of crime and drug addiction due to unemployment. The BJP has trapped the youth of Haryana in a destructive cycle of unemployment, crime and drug addiction,” he noted.
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