Will reverse anti-people policies of BJP govt: Hooda

Tribune News Service

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Palwal, August 5

Former CM and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said the days of the BJP’s misrule were over and all anti-people policies of the present government would be reversed as soon the party came to power.

Addressing a meeting of party workers here, he said while the people showed the mirror to the BJP, which harped on slogans and event management, in the Lok Sabha elections, they would oust it from the state in the upcoming Assembly elections.

Claiming that the BJP relied on fake surveys, propaganda and events, he said the delusion of the so-called development and slogans like ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’ stood exposed in the recent elections. He said losing half of the seats in Haryana points towards the anger of the people towards the failure of the BJP rule in the past about 10 years.

Recalling the various development projects launched during the Congress rule, Hooda said all promises of the ruling party had proved hollow as not a single brick had been laid towards the projects like Metro rail link between Faridabad and Gurugram and between Ballabgarh and Palwal. He said while Haryana had been ignored in the Union Budget this time, he claimed it was a proof of how serious the BJP government was towards any project of public importance. He said while Palwal was carved out as a new district in 2008, it was still one of the most backward parts of the state due to discrimination in allocation of funds.

Charging the BJP rule of putting the state in a web of debt of around Rs 4.5 lakh crore, he said the state had failed to get new industries or investments, resulting in a sharp rise in unemployment in the state. Reiterating the promises of an old-age pension of Rs 6,000, he said free medical treatment of the cost up to Rs 25 lakh will be given to the poor in the state. He said the Congress would implement the policy of ‘Padak Lao-Pad Pao (bring Medal and get job) to encourage sports and sportsmen.

HPCC chief Udai Bhan said people in the state are eager to teach the BJP a lesson as all its policies had failed in the past 10 years. The Congress got a shot in its arm as Chaudhary Harsh Kumar a two-time MLA from Hathin, who left the BJP prior to the LS polls joined the party along with several others.