PM Modi Sounds Poll Bugle In Election-Bound Haryana; Says ‘People Now Looking For New Solutions’

PM Modi thanked the people of Haryana for voting for BJP in large numbers and making the BJP win all 10 seats during the Parliamentary polls.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday sounded the poll-bugle in Haryana for the upcoming assembly polls and also presented his government's report card of 100 days and promised to double the income of the farmers by 2022. He praised the Manohar Lal Khattar-led government in the state for fighting corruption and nepotism. He thanked the people of Haryana for voting for BJP in large numbers and making the BJP win all 10 seats during the Parliamentary polls. "Be it the matter of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh or of worsening water crisis, 130 crore citizens of India have started looking for new solutions to the problems," he said. Talking about the 100 days of the NDA government, he said: "These 100 days of the government were of development, belief and change. Many historic decisions were taken in these days. The number of bills passed during this session was greater than the record of past 60 years". Appealing to the public to help conserve water by adopting rainwater harvesting technique, Modi in his address here, third in recent years, promised to double the income of the farmers by 2022. "In the last five years, the game of corruption on the land of farmers in Haryana has also stopped. On the basis of such an excellent track record of five years, the whole of Haryana has stood in favour of the BJP (Bhartiya Janata Party) today," said Modi, who ahead of addressing the rally, inaugurated and laid foundation stones of developmental projects worth Rs 2,000 crore. He said several measures have been taken by the state in the interest of the farmers and the poor. Praising Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, he said the state has been declared ODF and kerosene free and is contributing significantly to the country's growth. He said that families in Haryana have become 'manohar' (charming) today, a reference made to the Chief Minister's name. PM's rally also marked the culmination of 22-day and 3,000-km long Khattar's 'Jan Ashirwad Yatra'. This was Modi's first visit to Haryana after getting elected to power for the second term in May this year. BJP's state election-in-charge and Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and his cabinet colleagues belonging to the state attended the Modi's 'Vijay Sanklap' rally. The district administration and the party had made special arrangements to make Modi's rally eco-friendly. The administration had appealed to the public not to use the plastic mineral water bottles at the rally venue. The administration had installed around 10,000 earthen pots for the people to quench their thirst.