Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) State president and Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) Dr Sushil Gupta during a Press conference on Thursday targeted the Khattar-led Haryana Government regarding the rally of Home Minister Amit Shah to be held in Sirsa on June 18.
He said that the BJP Government is scared as earlier Amit Shah’s rally in Gohana was a flop because people did not turn up. "Now the BJP rally has been fixed in Sirsa on June 18. They are worried that too, should not be a flop, so the Khattar Government has given notice to the AAP workers, farmers and sarpanches to be placed under house arrest," he said.
The MP said that in the last nine years, the Khattar Government did nothing in the State. The result of this was that wherever Chief Minister Khattar went, he had to face the anger of the public.
"The Khattar Government has issued an order regarding Amit Shah’s rally on June 18, in which FIRs would be lodged against AAP workers, farmers and sarpanches if they disturb the peace. Notice has already been given to AAP workers in Sirsa," Gupta said.
He asked Khattar, "Can the people of the State not ask questions to their elected Chief Minister and Home Minister?" "The Khattar Government is misusing the law. Unfortunately, Aam Aadmi Party workers, farmers and sarpanchs are being intimidated, threatened and cases are being filed against them," he added.
The BJP and the JJP contested elections by abusing each other and later entered into a "Thugbandhan" and duped the people of the State, he stated. "The present Government has neither given good schools nor hospitals in the State and the State is number one in corruption, unemployment and crime," he added.
Significantly on Thursday, Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala too attacked Haryana Deputy Chief Minister and JJP leader Dushyant Chautala, saying though he talks of being a sympathiser of farmers, he was "clinging" to power for his self interests.
He also termed the BJP-JJP coalition Government in the State as "anti-farmer" and said farmers have to struggle to get minimum support price (MSP) for their crops.
When they ask for MSP, which is their right, they get lathis, the Congress leader said. He was referring to the recent lathicharge on protesting farmers who had blocked a national highway in Shahabad in Kurukshetra to press for their demand for MSP for sunflower seed.
"When you don’t have to procure crops at MSP, then why is MSP announced. For MSP, farmers have to struggle on roads. Farmer leaders were arrested and lathis rained on farmers," he said attacking the Manohar Lal Khattar BJP-led government.
"One who talks of being a sympathiser of farmers was clinging to power for his self interests," he said attacking Chautala while addressing a gathering of party workers and supporters on Wednesday night in Kaithal.