‘BJP raising nt’l issues as poll plank to divert attention from its failure’

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‘BJP raising nt’l issues as poll plank to divert attention from its failure’

Thursday, 19 September 2019 | PNS | Chandigarh

The BJP leaders are using the scrapping of the special status of Jammu & Kashmir and National Register of Citizens (NRC) issue as a poll plank in Haryana to divert the attention from its failures, Haryana Congress chief Selja said on Wednesday.

She said in the last five years, the BJP- led government has failed to perform on many fronts, claiming that Congress would form the government in the state as the people know that this is the party which is the real alternative.

Addressing a news conference here,  she said that the people will confront this government on real issues like rising crime against women, poor law and order, economic slowdown, unemployment, job loss, farmers’ distress among others. People will question them as this government has failed to perform on many fronts, she said, adding the issues raised by the Congress Party would resonate with people.

Accusing the Haryana government of non-performance, the state Congress chief said BJP can''t hide behind the issues raked up in the Lok Sabha polls. "Their mask is off. Now, they cannot hide behind the issues raked up during the Lok Sabha polls. BJP will have to answer to the people what have they done for the past five years.”

Sejla said that the Congress party will raise the issues which are concerned to people of the State. There is lack of employment, farmers are in distress, employees are on warpath, traders are suffering, youth and women are suffering, law and order situation is bad, all sections of society are affected with their lopsided policies and now economic slowdown has dealt a double whammy, the Congress leader said, adding the BJP- led State government had done nothing except making tall promises.

"Now, ahead of the elections, they have unleashed an advertisement blitzkrieg, but people are not going to believe them now. They will oust them in the next month''s elections," Selja said, claiming that people know that the Congress was the only alternative before them. “In the recent weeks, we have seen a change in mood," the state Congress chief claimed. When asked about factionalism in the party, Selja asserted that Congress workers are united and will fight the elections as a single unit.

 

HOODA SAYS DIRECT CONTEST OF CONGRESS AND BJP

Addressing a separate press conference, former CM and Congress Legislative Party leader (CLP) Bhupinder Singh Hooda admitted that the party leaders and workers were disappointed after party’s debacle in the parliamentary election bu now they are united and energetic.

"The atmosphere of the state is completely against the BJP government. We are now together and form the Congress government in the State," he said.

Hooda said, “We have successfully completed meeting with party workers during Congress Workers’ Conference in six parliamentary seats in Faridabad, Gurugram, Karnal, Sonepat, Kuruksheta, Ambala. In the next two days, such meeting will be held in Hisar, Fatehabad, Sirsa, Mahendragarh, Rohtak, he added. He claimed that party leaders are united.

"Former CLP leader Kiran Choudhary will also attend the workers’ conference in Mahendragarh. All the leaders are working for the party in their respective areas. All the sitting MLAs will get ticket from their respective constituency", he added. 

Hooda said that there will be no alliance with any political party in the state. He claimed that he never met with BSP supremo Mayawati to get an alliance with the party in the State. "There is a direct fight between Congress Party and BJP. There is no political existence of any regional parties like INLD, JJP," he added.

The senior Congress leader said people from all sections of society are dissatisfied with BJP government. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar should carry out ‘Jan Pashyatap Yatra’ in place of 'Jan Ashirwad Yatra'.

Asked about BJP's claims that it would win more than 75 of the 90 assembly seats, Hooda replied, "It does not matter whatever claims they make. But people have made up their mind to throw them out." The issues in Lok Sabha polls and Vidhan Sabha polls are different. In the Vidhan Sabha election, people will cast their votes based on regional issues, he said.

Hooda said that the promises made at his ‘Parivartan rally’ in Rohtak will be included in Congress party manifesto for the election. Four deputy chief ministers, 75 per cent reservation in jobs for Haryana’s residents, free travel for women in roadways buses, free electricity upto 300 units, farm loan waiver, increased monthly honorariums and pensions among others will be included in Congress manifesto, he added.

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