Hitting out at ruling BJP-JJP coalition Government in the State, former Haryana Chief Minister and leader of opposition, Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Wednesday said that there are burning issues facing the State but the current government is working on the mantra of ‘Look Busy- Do Nothing’.
"This Government has continued to be in the speech mode, refusing to come in the work mode, months after the election process ended," he said, alleging that the Government is citing its speeches as its achievements.
"Many schools don't have enough teachers, but they (Government) are taking no steps to fill up the vacancies for 40,000 teachers. There are other burning issues facing other sections of the society, including farmers, but this Government is doing nothing. Their only motto seems to be ''look busy, do nothing'', Hooda said at a press conference here.
He said the Government may claim they have done 101 works during their first 100 days in office, the truth is that all they have done is make speeches with nothing on the governance front. "We had highlighted mining and paddy scams, but no probe has been ordered so far," he said.
The former Haryana Chief Minister also claimed that at over 28 per cent, Haryana has the highest unemployment rate in the country and rural consumption is down.
Hooda questioned the logic behind the State Government's pre-budget consultation exercise in the absence of the economic survey report and said it will be difficult to give concrete suggestions. "In the absence of the economic survey report, how will we know what the State's economic situation is," he said.
After holding discussions with various stakeholders, including industrialists, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will hold a pre-budget meeting with legislators from February 17 to 19 to deliberate on sectoral allocations. Hooda said he will attend the meeting.
The Congress leader claimed that Haryana's debt has increased three-fold from Rs 61,000 crore to Rs 1.81 lakh crore under the BJP regime and demanded a white paper on state's economic situation.
Asked to comment on the Congress' rout in the Delhi Assembly polls, Hooda said, "In a democracy, you have to respect the people's mandate."
"As far as the performance of the Congress in the Delhi polls is concerned, there should be introspection in the party at the national level," he said.