BJP's 'no kharchi, no parchi' under attack from Cong

The BJP’s much-touted “no kharchi, no parchi” (no cash for jobs) came under sharp attack from the Opposition Congress during the debate on the Governor’s Address in the Haryana Assembly here today.

While the ruling BJP MLAs claimed that transparency in government recruitments had ensured that government jobs reached the deserving candidates, the Congress alleged that a series of paper leaks and irregularities in recruitments was forcing the youth to emigrate to the other countries through the “dunki” route.

Launching a scathing attack on the BJP government, Congress’ Kaithal MLA Aditya Surjewala alleged that papers leaks had become one of the biggest businesses in Haryana in the past 10 years. “Not only the examination papers conducted by the statutory bodies in Haryana are leaked, the papers of other examinations conducted by other states are easily available through the examination mafia of Haryana,” Surjewala alleged.

Echoing similar sentiments, Kuldeep Vats, Congress’ Badli MLA, alleged that besides papers leaks, the BJP government had failed to check drug addiction and crime.

“While the BJP government claims all-round development, over two crore of the 2.8 crore state residents are in the ‘below poverty line’ (BPL) category, painting a grim picture of the state’s development in the past 10 years,” Vats asserted.

However, Tourism and Cooperation Minister Arvind Sharma and BJP MLA Laxman Yadav claimed that the formation of the BJP government for the third time in a row was a testimony to voters’ faith in the saffron party.

Countering Congress' charge of series of scams during the BJP regime, Arvind Sharma hit back saying it was due to scams during the Congress regime that the party was facing defeat after defeat.

Earlier, Rohtak MLA BB Batra objected to Speaker Harvinder Kalyan allowing state minister Arvind Sharma to speak on the Governor’s Address claiming that the minister’s speech should be considered as the conclusion of the debate. However, Kalyan ruled that there was no bar on the minister taking part in the debate on the Governor’s Address.

Minister Arvind Sharma and BJP MLA Ram Kumar engaged in a verbal duel with certain below-the-belt remarks against each other. However, as the debate threatened to snowball into a major controversy for the BJP government, Speaker Harvinder Kalyan expunged the remarks from the proceedings.