Vij set to tour state to meet party workers

Haryana’s Energy, Transport and Labour Minister Anil Vij has said he would interact with party workers by touring across the state.

“I am the most senior MLA, so I have to oversee all of Haryana, while other legislators have been given just one constituency each. I have won the Assembly election seven times and I will soon begin touring entire Haryana. I will meet party workers at various locations and check on their well-being. I will also be checking on those officers who fail to implement the government schemes, he said. He was responding to questions asked by mediapersons in Ambala on Thursday regarding the recent BJP legislative party meeting, during which constituencies were allotted to MLAs and ministers – but seven-time MLA’s name was missing from the list.

In response to a question about the Opposition’s allegation in Parliament during the debate on “Operation Mahadev”, where they accused the Army of being saffronised, Vij said, “The Opposition is against all traditions and beliefs of Hindustan.”

Advising the Opposition, he said, “They should know that every unit of our Army has temples and gurdwaras. They should also know that when our brave soldiers charge toward the enemy, they shout ‘Jai Bajrang Bali’.They must understand that many military operations in our country have been named after Hindu traditions or Indian cultural identities.”

Vij said, “The Opposition should be ashamed. Should we name our operations after Pakistani missiles or other foreign references? The Opposition has completely strayed from real issues. In the name of political Opposition, they have now started opposing the country itself. They are even targeting our national beliefs, centres of faith and religious traditions.”