Formally launching BJP’s election campaign for Haryana Assembly polls on Monday, party president Amit Shah urged the people to vote for BJP if they wanted change for better.
Shah addressed three public rallies in a day at Ambala, loharu and Tohana in Haryana bringing the much needed intensity into the poll campaign.
At Tohana, he said for the last 20 years, you have seen Hooda and Chautalas, but none of the parties worked for you. “If Hooda brings corruption in the State, the INlD witnessed goondaism of green brigade. Now, the time has come to test BJP… Give us a complete mandate and form BJP Government in Haryana, you will see huge change,”
said Shah.
This was the third time, when Shah came in Haryana to address public rallies. Earlier, he had addressed two rallies one at Mahendergarh, where he had flagged off a series of ‘Vijay Sankalp’ yatras, followed by a ‘Jind rally’ organised by Chaudhary Birender Singh.
Wooing the farmers, Shah compared Haryana with BJP ruled States — Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. He said, “Farmers got 100 per cent increase in their income in Gujarat in ten years and the same thing had happened in merely five years in MP, but in Haryana, farmers’ income decreased gradually”.
He also attacked Hooda on failing to provide electricity to
farmers. Shah said, “In Gujarat and MP, farmers get 24 hours electricity there, do you
get it hereIJ”
Shah also took Hooda Government in to account for ‘shoddy land’ deals in Haryana and without taking name of ‘Robert Vadra-son in law of Sonia Gandhi’, alleged that Hooda favoured colonisers and damaads (sons-in-law).
The BJP president also held Congress responsible for dividing the State. “Congress has divided this land into casteism, districts, sons and son in laws... nobody talks about Haryana”, said Shah, asking people to vote for
BJP
as there is party’s Government in centre, which would prove fruitful for development of the state.
Seeking to touch an emotional chord with the people, Shah said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is well versed with Haryana and its people after having worked in the state for nearly ten years as a party man earlier. “Make BJP victorious in the polls and see how he repays the debt,”
he said.
“Don’t press the lotus symbol (BJP’s poll symbol), just like that only, but press it so hard that when the button is pressed in Haryana, current is felt in Italy,” Shah said, adding, “Now, they are seeking one more chance. You gave them two chances (in a row) already. What have they doneIJ”
Shah said.
He then sought one chance for BJP to usher in all-round development. “Give us one chance and bring us to power with majority. We will ensure all-round development,”
he said.
Taking a dig at former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Shah claimed that he used to speak only after getting direction from the
Gandhi family.
Wooing the farmers, Shah said in the coming days, the Modi Government is preparing a big scheme for the benefit of farmers around the country. “A blueprint for different regions is being prepared. like, for example, the areas which are rich in water resources, there will be a different scheme for farmers in those areas.
“While in areas like Rajasthan and for southern parts of the country, the scheme will be different,” Shah said. He then added, “If this time, people of Haryana commit a mistake, then you should take it for granted that your land will again be acquired for peanuts and you will get nothing while coffers of their sons-in-law will fill up and their bungalows will be built (without taking any names”.
