Selja: Khattar govt betrayed people

New Delhi, September 22

Eyeing a comeback in the Haryana Assembly polls, the Congress is all geared up to highlight the Manohar Lal Khattar-led government's “betrayal” of the people, as unemployment rate is at an all time high in the state at 28 per cent.

The 90 Assembly seats in Haryana will go to the polls on October 21, while the results will be declared on October 24.

The Congress, which will soon announce its list of candidates, has also asked its leaders to mention about them being “teetotallers” and “using khaadi” in their membership forms for getting tickets to contest the Assembly polls.

In an interview, former Union Minister and Haryana Congress chief Kumari Selja said, “Every election brings challenges and this one is no different. The BJP government in the state made over 154 promises in its manifesto in 2014 but it has not been able to fulfil any of them. They bring in extraneous issues and do not even look at how the people of Haryana are suffering.”

Accusing the state government of using diversionary tactics, Selja said, “They just want to whitewash the real issues and raise different kind of matters, hoping that people will believe them and give the BJP the mandate.”

She said, “I am 100 per cent sure that people have seen through this veil of lies unleashed by the BJP and they will teach the ruling party a lesson in the Assembly polls.” The Congress, which was in power in Haryana from 2004 to 2014, lost to the BJP in the last Assembly polls held in 2014, when the saffron party won 47 seats while the Congress managed only 15.

Describing unemployment as the biggest issue in the state, Selja said, “I am very sorry to say that under the Khattar-led government, Haryana achieved the dubious distinction of having an unemployment rate of 28 per cent, the highest in the country.” — IANS

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