Hooda targets CM Khattar, alleges jobs being sold

Bhartesh Singh Thakur

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 29

Former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda today took a dig at CM Manohar Lal Khattar, saying: “CM Khattar says there is transparency and merit in recruitments. The merit is a suitcase full of currency notes. The cat is out of the bag. The jobs are being sold as if it is a ‘parchoon ki dukaan’.”

During an interview with The Tribune, he hailed the passage of the Farm Laws Repeal Bill in the Lok Sabha today, but demanded a law guaranteeing the Minimum Support Price (MSP). “It is wrong to suggest that the law on MSP is not feasible. If the government is spending money on purchasing crops, it is going to sell them too.” he said.

Probe matter

Earlier, it was HSSC and now it is HPSC. No one is questioning the HPSC chairman. It should be investigated by a sitting High Court judge. —Bhupinder Hooda, Ex-chief minister

“The kin of those who died during the struggle should get jobs and compensation and cases against farmers should also be withdrawn.” On Khattar’s “Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Uthan Yojana”, he said it was an attempt to throw dust in people’s eyes. “What survey have they done? People already have ration cards. Today, the state has maximum rate of unemployment.”