‘BJP sowing seeds of hate in Haryana’
NUH (MEWAT): LAUNCHING a broadside against Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP government, former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday said the winds of change were visible as the ruling party was busy “spreading hatred”.
Greeting an impressive crowd with ‘Salaam’ and ‘Ram Ram’ at his third ‘Jan Kranti Yatra’ rally in the Muslim-dominated area in Mewat, Hooda, who is battling corruption charges, said the overwhelming turnout of people braving rain and heat indicated the “strong yearning for change”.
“I will make sure that the BJP is held accountable for all the hardships that the people in the state have been facing,” he said, recalling how farmers and minorities have suffered under the saffron party’s rule.
Hooda spoke about the contribution of Mewatis in the country’s freedom struggle while accusing the BJP of “sowing seeds of hatred” and doing nothing for the region.
“During my tenure, I made efforts to provide education and healthcare in Mewat,” he said and went on to promise a new university and converting Mewat into a model city if the Congress returns to power in Haryana.
Hooda, a Jat, launched the yatra on February 25 from Gujjar-dominated Palwal district (with around 15% of Dalit population) to reach the business community of Punjabi-dominated Panipat — all in a bid to showcase his popularity to the Congress’s high command dealing with factionalism in the party’s state unit.
He accused the Opposition party, the Indian National Lok of misleading the people by conniving with the BJP.
“The INLD is hand-in-glove with the BJP. Their opposition is only an eyewash . If you want to ensure that the BJP government is defeated, you would have to also defeat INLD,” Hooda said.