Lashing out at the BJP led Haryana Government, former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday said that the countdown for the anti-people BJP Government has begun as people of the State have made up their minds to vote it out.
“The false promises made by the BJP have been exposed before the people. Also, all sections of the society including farmers, workers, traders and Government employees, have been hit by the anti-people policies of the BJP led State Government,” Hooda said while addressing a rally in Barwala town to start the seventh phase of his ‘Jan Kranti Yatra’.
He also called on the Congress workers to start preparing for 2019 Haryana Assembly elections.
The senior Congress leader said that no person in Haryana is happy or safe as the State has become a hideout of criminals.
“The Congress had made Haryana number one in the country in development, but the BJP Government has made us number one in crime against women,” Hooda said
Listing the work done in the state during his tenure, he said the Congress Government had started the largest scholarship scheme in the country which benefitted more than 20 lakh students from the Scheduled Castes and Backward castes.
The Congress Government added four new thermal power plants to speed up the pace of growth in the state and four cities were connected through the Delhi Metro, he added.
The two-time former Chief Minister alleged that the Haryana Government is not serious about building the Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal, which is critical to quench the thirst of Haryana’s dry lands.
He added the Congress will not rest until we get our due share of water.
Speaking on the occasion, his son and Congress MP from Rohtak, Deepender Singh Hooda also targeted the BJP over high fuel prices.
“The prices of petrol have never been this high in 70 years…The price of LPG has also never been this high in 70 years. Never have these many youth been unemployed and no Government has ever spread as many lies in the past,” Deepender Hooda said.