Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Saturday extended his wishes to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for forming Government in Delhi and asked the party to fulfilits promises.
Replying to queries on AAP’s plans to contest polls in Haryana, Hooda said any political party can contest elections in a democratic setup, but maintained that Congress was the largest party in the State and the fight for second and third spots would become clear after the polls.
On AAP’s emphasis on simplicity in politics, he said that the Congress was founded on the ideology of simplicity of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi.
When asked about Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi’s directives to Congress-ruled States, Hooda said that Rahul wanted to end corruption and was taking measures for this.
In this regard, Rahul had stressed on the need for appointing lokayuktas in all Congress ruled States and to give powers to already appointed lokayuktas as per the new lokpal Bill, the Chief Minister said.
Rahul had also laid emphasis on controlling price rise by making fruits and vegetables free of Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act, he said, adding that a a decision would be taken to enforce strict law to deal with hoarders.