BJP, Cong ask party workers to lend helping hand to flood-hit farmers

With the rivers and torrential rain wreaking havoc in several parts of the state, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the main Opposition, the Congress, has asked its leaders and workers to fan out among the people and lend them a helping hand.

The state BJP chief, Mohan Lal Badoli, speaking to The Tribune, said, “Instructions have been issued to the MPs, MLAs, mayors, councillors and all elected representatives to assist the needy and act as a bridge between the people and administration for redressal of grievances.”

The party, with its own disaster management cell, has sent out teams to visit every affected village to get a first-hand ground report. In Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini’s home district, Kurukshetra, Tejinder Singh, district chief of the BJP, is visiting villages ravaged by the Markanda.

“We approached the administration and assisted in moving 250 families of bazigars to a safe place after the water level rose around their colony. They have been provided food and shelter. So far, people from adjoining villages are coming to the rescue of those affected. The girdawari and loss assessment will be done later,” he said.

The Congress, too, has its leaders touring affected areas and bringing the issues of the public to the notice of the authorities.

“Excessive rain has damaged crops and there’s no quick-fix to drain out water from the fields. The rainwater has entered homes and schools,” said Congress MLA Aftab Ahmed, who met Nuh’s Deputy Commissioner to bring the hardship of the villagers to his notice. He also sought fogging for the areas under water to prevent any outbreak.

Rohtak MP Deepender Hooda visited flood-hit areas in his constituency. Former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said, “The Congress leaders are already doing their bit in the field. I was out of the state and will be going in a day or two. Our party workers are in touch with the people affected by floods. The party and its leaders are out in the field, standing with the people in these troubled times.”