Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal on Sunday said that his ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’ has been successfully completed covering 3,000 km in all the 90 constituencies of the state.
The Chief Minister, while addressing a mega Vijay Sankalp Rally in Rohtak, said that during this yatra from August 18 to September 8, about 20 lakh people wholeheartedly welcomed and blessed him.
Manohar Lal said that Haryana state was formed in 1966 and in 48 years, no schemes were launched to directly benefit the people of the state. The state was dominated with fear, corruption and discrimination besides various irregularities. But, the present State Government, which was formed five years ago, has done the work of changing the old system and changed the politics by eliminating nepotism and regionalism, he said.
The Government started online transfers and ended corruption in the name of transfers. Provided government jobs to the youth of the state on the basis of merit and arranged for skill training to those who did not get jobs, he said.
The Chief Minister said that the government has set up a Skill University where more than 800 courses are currently available. More than 50,000 MSMEs have been established in the state, in which about 5.5 youth have got employment, he added.
Under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, the present government has worked to alleviate the hardship of women by providing gas connections to about 9 lakh families of the state and in the coming five years, the government has set target to provide clean water to the people under the ‘Jal Se Nal’ scheme, he added.
Manohar Lal further said that the people of the state supported them as a result of which they won all 10 seats in the Lok Sabha elections and now they will achieve the target of winning more than 75 seats in the upcoming assembly elections.
He assured the people that a lot of development work has been done in the state in the last five years, but many works are still remaining.
In the coming five years, the State Government will work to remove the sufferings and for the welfare of every section of society including the poor, labourers and farmers, he added.
Among those present on the occasion included Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala, Haryana Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma, Finance Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, OP Dhankar, Rajya Sabha MP Chaudhary Birender Singh and others.