launching a scathing attack at the Congress and INlD, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Sunday said that while one former Chief Minister was cooling his heels in jail, another ex-Chief Minister is set to go to jail.
Manohar lal was referring to his Congress’ predecessor Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who is facing legal troubles on account of charges of alleged dubious land allotments during his tenure and INlD’s chief OP Chautala, who is currently serving 10-year jail sentence after being convicted, in teacher recruitment scam in Haryana.
“Since the inception of Haryana, various governments were formed in the state but none could claim that they stayed away from corruption. In sharp contrast, during the three-and-a-half years of his government, there have been no allegations of any scandals against any minister or MlA,” said the Chief Minister while speaking at a function organized to mark Maharana Pratap Jayanti at Safidon in Jind district.
“I can say confidently that the present government has uplifted the living standards of people and made efforts to change the direction of the society for the better. “Changing the direction of this society is our main aim as we believe Haryana Ek- Haryanvi Ek”, he added.
The Chief Minister also announced that any house in the state which did not have gas connection would be provided with one within 48 hours.
As many as three lakh gas connections have been provided in the state so far, said he.
He also announced a housing scheme for Garhia lohar community which remained associated with Mahrana Pratap during his crucial days and said that a chowk would be named after Maharana Pratap.
He desired that Garhia lohar community should settle at one place and pay attention to their families. The State Government would provide free houses to them under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna Scheme. Ten thousand houses would be constructed under this scheme, said he.
The Chief Minister also asked people to register themselves to avail of the benefits of the scheme.
later, while interacting with the villagers of Munak in Karnal, the Chief Minister said that the responsibility for implementing the Swaminathan Commission report rested with the former Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who was then chairman of the working group of Chief Ministers on agriculture production, but he didn’t do anything during and kept pretending to be a leader of the farmers.
“The self-claimed farmers’ leader never thought of doubling the income of farmers. On the other hand, we have implemented Bhwantar Yojana to save the farmers from damage to their crops,” said he while attacking Hooda.
Manohar lal said the Fasal Bima Yojana implemented by the present government had benefitted thousands of farmers. Farmers were given compensation at the rate of Rs 12,000 per acre for the loss of crops due to natural calamities. Now, it is for the people to decide which government is farmers’ friendly, he added.
On the Jail Bharo Aandolan call for which had been given by INlD, he said the party was raising the waters issue just to register its presence. During their regime they never remembered SYl canal, he said.
He also urged the public not to fall into the trap of such political leaders as fooled them for their own political interests.
The Chief Minister also announced a bonanza of development works worth crores of rupees for Munak village. These include 24-hour power supply, a police station, primary health centre, construction of sub-yard in anaj mandi, and providing full staff at school.
Manohar lal said the State Government would complete all development works which had been announced. Money provided for such works should be spent appropriately and with caution. Strict action would be taken against anyone involved in embezzlement of government funds, he added.