Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday targeted previous Haryana chief ministers over regional bias and said in Manohar Lal Khattar, the state has after a long time got a chief minister who is undertaking its all-round development.
Shah inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of four projects costing more than Rs.6,600 crore in a programme organized in Faridabad. Besides this, he also laid the foundation stone of the Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor Project costing about Rs 5,618 crore and inaugurated Rail Coach Refurbishment Factory at Barhi in Sonipat district costing Rs 590 crore.
The Union Home Minister also inaugurated the country's first longest elevated railway track built at Rohtak at a cost of Rs 315.40 crore. Along with this, the Haryana Police residence complex at Bhondsi built at the cost of Rs 106 crore was also inaugurated by Amit Shah. About 576 police families will be able to live in the police residential complex. After inaugurating various schemes and laying the foundation stone, the Home Minister said that all these development projects are Deepawali gifts from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the people of Haryana.
Launching a scathing attack on previous regimes, Shah said the Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress government was marked by corruption, while also hitting out at the Indian National Lok Dal regime led by Om Prakash Chautala, without taking his name. BJP leaders in the state often accuse Hooda of regional bias and concentrating development works in Rohtak during their tenure.
Addressing a Jan Utthan rally, Shah said the Khattar government had worked to change Haryana during its eight years. He said that after a long time after Independence there is a chief minister for the entire state. Congratulating the people of Haryana on the successful completion of 8 years of the Haryana Government, Shah appreciated the work of the Haryana Government and Chief Minister.
"CM Khattar has completed his tenure of 8 years in a very successful manner. In these eight years, he has ensured the holistic development of the State. Haryana Government under the leadership of Chief Minister has done commendable work of transforming Haryana in these 8 years. After a long time, since independence, Haryana has got such an honest and dedicated Chief Minister," said Shah.
Unlike the past, when the State used to get a Chief Minister either from Sirsa or Rohtak, Khattar had today become the Chief Minister of the entire Haryana, said Shah.
"If we recall the previous regime, corruption and lawlessness used to be the main issues but since the time Khattar led government has taken the charge, not only did the corruption and lawlessness has ended but the state has also progressed swiftly on the path of development to bring Haryana to the top," said the Union Home Minister.
Shah said that Haryana is the first state which has become smoke-free. Every house in Haryana has a gas stove. Haryana ranks second in terms of food grains and milk production. Haryana has stood first in National Games and Olympics. The State has also become the first to have an educated Panchayat in the country. Entire Haryana is open-defecation-free. Haryana has been ahead in every field with a growth rate of more than 6 percent. The growth rate of manufacturing has been 10 percent," said the Union Home Minister while sharing the list of achievements made by the State Government.
Eight years ago, Haryana was ranked 16th in exports, but now it is at number seven in terms of exports. Haryana has secured the second position in the country under the 'landlocked category' in the Niti Aayog's Export Preparedness Index.
"Haryana government has done the commendable work of giving government jobs to 98000 people in the last 8 years. There has also been a significant improvement in the sex ratio in the state. The present government did the work of eliminating all the illegal nexus. I can happily say that Modi- Manohar has worked to make Haryana number one," said Shah.
Our Govt worked to change the system: khattar
In his speech, Khattar said that Haryana is a leading state of the country. “Our government has worked to change the system in the last 8 years, on one hand, the people are being given the benefits of all welfare schemes online, while on the other, a network of national highways and rail lines have been laid in the entire state. We have brought radical changes in all other areas including education, and health,“ he said. The CM said that the state government has done the work of providing 24 hours of uninterrupted power supplies in the villages.
“If you compare the working of governments of the last 48 years, then 8 years of this government will always have the upper hand as the kind of visible developmental work we have done was never even seen during the tenure of previous governments. I assure the Home Minister that Haryana would give its full contribution to the progress of the country,” said Khattar.