The success of the Centre’s ‘Beti Bachao’ campaign is all set to be a major campaign plank for the Haryana Government as the State unit BJP has decided to make the improved sex-ration in the State a major poll issue in the forthcoming general elections and the Assembly elections due late this year.
Haryana BJP chief Subash Barala said that the State has improved upon the sex ratio from 835 (girls) over 1000 (boys) in October 2014 to 922 (girls) over 1000 (boys) till date.
“Haryana’s battle against its dwindling sex ratio is finally producing some encouraging results. We still have to match the national average of 943,” Barala said in an exclusive interview to The Pioneer.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the launch of ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padaho’ programme from Haryana in January 2015 as the state had always reported worst in sex ratio.
“From Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar to district unit party volunteer worked very hard to create awareness and reaching out to the Khaps to achieve this remarkable feat. I am sure in this way Haryana will set an example and a case study to the world wherever the girl sex ratio is in a deprived state,” said the Haryana BJP chief.
Barala, who has just emerged as party’s chief strategist to help the BJP register a win in the much hyped Jind bypoll against Congress stalwart Randeep Surjewala and the breakaway factions of INLD, said that the just concluded elections is the reflection as how the Haryana Lok Sabha and Assembly will look like. In the last parliamentary elections in 2014, BJP won seven out of 10 seats in Haryana and this time it claims to grab on all 10.
“Certainly we are in advantage as we are not into caste politics. Jats are with us. Congress is a divided lot and the INLD is a fragmented way. People of Haryana is craving for development and we are frontrunner due to Modi and Khattar’s people friendly policies,” said Barala when asked about the mood of the forthcoming elections.
On the issue of frequent Jat quota agitation, Barala said every sensible person which also include Jats understand the intention of the Khattar government on the reservation issue and now they will not be a misguided lot to the advantage of other political parties.
Setting aside any rift between the party and the Khattar who is a Punjabi in the Jat and Non-Jat combination, Barala praised the incumbent CM for doing some of the ‘Firsts’ in the country like amending Haryana Panchayati Raj Act 1994, fair recruitments and transfer postings, improved Sex ratio etc,. Barala said that people of Haryana were fed up with the corrupt regimes of past and most importantly the decade of nepotism and now experiencing the change.