Chandigarh: Alleging all sections in Haryana are unhappy with the ruling alliance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday accused Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar-led government of not fulfilling any poll promise.
“Not just their electoral promises, but the common minimum programme (of the BJP-JJP) has also not been implemented by the ruling coalition in their tenure till now,” he said addressing a public gathering at the ‘Vipaksh Aapke Samaksh’ programme, launched from Khattar’s home constituency Karnal.
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Hooda said the opposition gave two years to the government to fulfill its election promises, manifesto and the common minimum programme but nothing has happened.
The former chief minister said in such a situation, no more time can be given to the government formed for mere opportunism and selfishness.
“That is why the Congress Legislature Party has decided that now it will go to the public in every district and every assembly constituency and establish direct communication with the people,” he said, PTI reported.
During the event, the opposition leaders held an open session interacting with the people and hearing their grievances.
The farmers, labourers, traders, workers and people from different sections, who reached the programme, put their problems in front of the opposition leaders.
Hooda after listening to their problems said that no section of the state is today happy with the coalition government.
Commenting on paddy procurement, Hooda said: “I have myself seen in the mandis (agricultural markets) of the state that smooth procurement of paddy has not started so far despite the government changing the dates repeatedly.”
Hooda, who is Leader of the Opposition in the Haryana Assembly, said the farmers are forced to keep their paddy on the roads as their crop is neither being lifted from the market nor are the farmers getting MSP (minimum support price) or payment.
Hooda said the people are today facing many problems, including bad roads, polluted water, long power cuts, water logging, unbearably high prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas, unemployment, crime and corruption.
Aleging it seems that the coalition government has completely turned its back on the people of the state, Hooda assured the people of Haryana that the opposition will raise these issues on the streets and in the state Vidhan Sabha.
Hooda further said Haryana is getting buried under the burden of debt “due to the lopsided policies and scams of the government”.
Asserting Haryana is today under a debt of Rs 2.5 lakh crore, Hooda said: “In the name of government recruitment, the future of unemployed youth is being played with as there have been several incidents of paper leaks. Recruitment scams have become the hallmark of this government.”
Taking a jibe at Khattar over his recent controversial tit-for-tat remark, Hooda said such statements have no place in a democracy.
“Those who are encouraging people to pick up sticks will be answered through the power of the vote,” he said.
Earlier on Friday, Khattar retracted his “tit-for-tat” remark stating that it was “misconstrued” and he did not have any ill-intention against anyone.
Hooda further said the next ‘Vipaksh Aapke Samaksh’ programme will be held in Jind.