Taking a dig at the Congress, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal on Sunday said that the Congressmen are avoiding seeking votes in the name of their party president Rahul Gandhi.
Manohar Lal, while addressing different gatherings in Sonipat targeted Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and Congress nominee from Sonipat, former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
The Congress is in such a position that Congressmen are today seeking votes in the name of the nominee and the party while avoiding seeking votes in the name of Rahul Gandhi, he said.
He said that for the first time, the country is witnessing an election to the Lok Sabha where leaders of various parties have unified to dislodge one person (Prime Minister Narendra Modi), but are standing behind such a person in whose name the Congressmen are avoiding to seek support.
Referring to a new programme announced by Congress president, Manohar Lal said that Rahul Gandhi is at one time saying the benefit would be Rs 72,000 per month, at another time he is saying it would be Rs 72,000 annually and yet another figure quoted by him was Rs 72,000 crore.
‘This is happening because Rahul Gandhi is not a serious leader,’ the Chief Minister added.
On Bhupinder Singh Hooda saying he would make Sonipat his home and go first to Delhi for proceeding to Chandigarh, Manohar Lal said that such a thought would not come even to the mind of a child.
‘One is not a fool that for going to Chandigarh from Sonipat he would first go in the reverse direction to Delhi’, he added.
At all the gatherings, Manohar Lal called upon the people to ensure victory of party nominee from Sonipat Ramesh Kaushik with a huge margin.
Farmers, youth, labourers, women and other sections had only one view that Narendra Modi will become the Prime Minister for the second time, he added.
Local Bodies Minister Kavita Jain, BJP nominee for Sonipat Lok Sabha seat Ramesh Kaushik, media advisor to the Chief Minister Rajiv Jain and other leaders along with the Chief Minister exhorted the voters to have one target – to ensure that Narendra Modi is re-elected as the Prime Minister.
Manohar Lal on Sunday addressed different meetings in Sonipat, Ambala and Fatehabad.
Earlier, while addressing the 46th meeting of Haryana Punjabi Maha Sangh in Ambala, he said that instead of declaring one as a Punjabi, an individual’s belong to the state and the nation should get priority.
He said that national interest should be supreme above all.
Most people pronounce their community which is wrong; the Chief Minister said adding that one should proudly tell about one’s state during introductions as this will bring in national pride amongst us.
He said that belongingness to the nation will also keep us secured and nobody could stop development of all sections.
Manohar Lal, a Punjabi himself said that in the wake of partition, the Punjabis despite various painful events adopted India as their nation. Most people came with just few clothes leaving everything behind but didn’t hold a grudge while proudly saying they are Indians, he added.
Manohar Lal said that he was born seven years after country’s Independence. ‘My father and grandfather worked as a labourer in government school and collected every penny to regain their position after the partition’, he added.