Rajya Sabha member and Congress leader Birender Singh’s Jind rally which was attended by all disgruntled leaders of Haryana Congress missed on the presence of Congress President Sonia Gandhi but it received Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh and Shakeel Ahmad, Haryana State Incharge of the Congress.
Digvijay Singh praised Birender for the dedication he has shown towards Congress party’s growth in the region and said that Singh will play a vital role if Congress comes to power for third time in the state.
Marking the 69th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, the Sadhbhabna Rally, saw a huge turnout and while addressing the crowd Birender Singh highlighted the regional biases prevalent in the state Congress and indirectly targeted Bhupinder Singh Hooda in his speech. Digvijay Singh said that the people of Haryana should keep the communal forces at bay and reminisced how he and the disgruntled Singh started their carrier at the same time. Digvijay went on to become the CM of Madhya Pradesh but Birender missed the train.
However sensing the mood of the crowd the Congress general secretary added that if the party comes to power for the next time then Birender might have a chance to sit on the coveted chair as the Chief Minister of the state and hence the public should come out and vote in large numbers in support of the Congress to see their popular leader at the helm of affairs in the State.
Joint incharge of state Congress Asha Rani, Union Minister Kumari Selja, Rajya Sabha MP Ishwar Singh, MP Shruti Chaudhary, MlA Naresh Selwal, former minister Jagdish Nehra were among the other prominent leaders present at the rally. Kumari Selja, Union Minister of the state also took a dig at the Hooda Government and said that the party under his rule has meted out regional biases on developmental issues and the northern region of the State is still to receive its due share of development.