The BJP on Sunday termed the Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Haryana Government as “illegal”. BJP MP Meenakshi lekhi, who is also party’s spokesperson said that while it was already known that for the last 10 years, there had been no Government or governance in Haryana, now the court had made it clear that the last Hooda Government was illegal and hence untenable.
“Haryana Government was cobbled together by engineering defection of 5 MlAs of HJC. And, the Courts have declared the defections to be illegal and asked these MlAs to payback the benefits enjoyed by them over the past 5 years to the exchequer,” said she while addressing mediapersons here.
She affirmed that with the support of these MlAs being invalid ab-initio, the Government itself loses its majority in the Vidhan Sabha and hence had no legal or moral right to function.
lashing out at Congress’ government in Haryana, Meenakshi said that corruption was the only consistent hallmark of 10 year tenure of Congress rule in Haryana. Corruption in the state has been fully institutionalised with corruption cases such as Ambedkar Awas Yojna Scam, Church Gate Medical Charitable Scam, Pilar Box Scam, Misuse of Funds for Backward Classes, Forest and land Scams among others.
“Amidst campaign, in order to safeguard the interest of Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra and company DlF, Hooda Government proceeded ahead by authorizing the land mutation to be “valid”, she alleged.
Referring to INlD leader OP Chautala who along with his son Ajay Chautala has been sentenced to ten years of imprisonment in a teachers’ recruitment scam, Meenakshi said that this case is only the tip of the ice berg as the people of Haryana are well aware of the rein of terror, corruption and blatant loot that they had to suffer during INlD government.
Chautala came out of jail on bail on the premise of “medical grounds” and straightaway went for all out campaigning openly flouting the courts order and taking the court for a ride. Finally he is back to his ‘rightful’ place- jail,” she added.