Making a pitch for the Congress, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday appealed to the voters not to waste their precious votes on the BJP and the Indian National lok Dal.
Addressing an election rally in Samalkha of Panipat district, Hooda said while one party (BJP) cannot name its Chief Ministerial candidate, the other party’s (INlD) leader says he will take oath in the jail as the Chief Minister. “Tell me, is there any legal system in the country or notIJ A person who cannot even contest assembly election, is thinking of becoming the Chief Minister,” said Hooda.
He also pulled up the BJP Government at the Centre for failing to control the price rise. “Tell me, what is the price of tomato, onion and potatoIJ The Government raised the prices of sugar and hiked rail fare, the moment it came to power,” said he.
Hooda added that if this was the case, they should explain why they lost 21 of the 42 seats they held earlier, in the recent bypolls. The fall from grace of the BJP took place in just three months and in the next four months they would become zero, he said.