The opposition Congress corned the BJP-JJP Government on the second day of the Budget Session here while replying to the Governor’s address.
The Congress leaders slammed the Government over the new excise policy, saying it will encourage liquor addiction among youths, and asked the ruling dispensation to take effective steps to curb the growing drug menace instead in the state.
Speaking on the thanksgiving motion on Governor’s address in the assembly, senior Congress leader Rao Dan Singh accused the current government of failing on all fronts. Government has failed to address farmers’ concerns, provide quality education to students, quality health services to common people among others.
Referring to some provisions of the excise policy, he claimed “it will increase liquor addiction among youths”. The State Government has allowed the common man to keep liquor and beer boxes in the house after taking a fee of one thousand rupees. It is extremely unfortunate.
On the issue of drug malady, Singh said “after Punjab, drug menace is fast spreading in Haryana” and called upon the Government to take effective steps to control it.
While raising farmers issue in the House, Singh, who is the MLA from south Haryana constituency Mahendergarh said the cooperative sugar mills are yet to clear the outstanding dues of cane growers.
He says government talks different and acts differently. Singh called the Government's slogan of 'one Haryana, one Haryanvi' wrong and said that the Government should adopt the slogan 'Ek Bharatiya, Ek Bharat'.
On water issue, he said during the BJP Government's rule, people of south Haryana have only got assurances that water will reach the tail ends.
Referring to the mounting debt of the state, Singh pointed towards the Treasury benches and said, “You are running the Government on borrowings.”
He faced repeated interruptions from BJP members Mahipal Dhanda and Aseem Goel who tried to launch a counter attack, prompting Bhupinder Singh Hooda to tell the Chair that if they do not allow his party legislator to speak, the Congress members too will be forced to interrupt the BJP MLAs when they speak on Governor's Address.
GOVT WORKS ON THE SPIRIT OF 'SABKA SAATH, SABKA VIKAS'
The discussion on the motion of thanks to the Governor's address was moved by Senior BJP leader and MLA from Nangal Choudhary Abhay Singh Yadav and seconded by Barwala MLA Jogi Ram Sihag.
Yadav said the previous BJP government in the state undertook equitable development and now the present BJP-JJP dispensation was continuing that with the spirit of “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas”.
The BJP legislator referred to the government's various steps in agriculture, health, education and other sectors.
He said that the BJP-led state government successfully implemented election manifesto of 2014 and have also been implementing of election manifesto of 2019. The State Government has done uniform development across the State. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana is being successfully implemented in the State. “I would suggest the government to lay emphasis on creating awareness about this scheme among farmers,” he added. Government is promoting scientific farming and soli health card has been given to farmers. One member Haryana Kisan Ayog has been made to look into the issues of farmers. We would suggest the government to include more members of different fields including horticulture, marketing among others in the commission.
We have limited source of irrigation water. Shortage of water is being faced by different districts Mahendragarh, Bhiwani, Palwal, Rewari and Mewat region. The State government is working in this direction.
While participating in the Governor's Address, JJP MLA Jogi Ram Sihag asked the state government to take back cases registered against youths during the Jat quota agitation in the state four years ago.
Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya had addressed the members of the Haryana assembly on the inaugural day of the two-week long budget session, which began here on February 20.