Chandigarh, with assembly elections scheduled for later this year, the Haryana Congress on Thursday released a "charge sheet" against the state BJP government, focusing on issues such as unemployment and law and order, and said who will release "Haryana Maange Hisab Abhiyan". the 15th of July.
The campaign will highlight the failures of the state government, said state Congress chief Udai Bhan, who along with former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, held a press conference here.
Several other senior Congress leaders, including former Union minister Birender Singh, Lok Sabha MPs Deepender Singh Hooda, Varun Chaudhary and Satpal Brahmachari, also attended the event.
Submitting the "charge sheet" against the 10-year-old BJP government in the state, Bhan said the government has failed on several fronts, including employment generation, law and order and protection of farmers.
"Through this statewide campaign starting July 15, we will not only highlight and expose the failures of the government, but our workers and leaders will also seek suggestions from the public which we will incorporate in our election manifesto," Bhupinder Hooda said.
"When our party forms the government, the people's problems can be resolved effectively," he said.
Bhan claimed that unemployment has increased in Haryana, with two lakh government jobs lying vacant, including 60,000 in the education sector and 20,000 each in the police and health sectors. He added that several scams and document leaks have taken place during the current BJP regime.
Haryana today is the most unsafe state with increasing crime rate, he said.
Pointing out 15 issues that the Congress has raised in its "charge sheet", Bhan also alleged that atrocities against Dalits have increased while crimes against women were on the rise.
The Congress leader said traders in the state are receiving extortion calls because criminals are not afraid and the drug menace has increased under the BJP government, affecting the youth.
He said 750 farmers died during the agitation against the now repealed farm laws, adding that farmers were only given 'lathis' during this regime.
Bhan also said that he and Hooda will undertake a 'Rath Yatra' in the state after August 20.
On the participation of the INLD and the BSP in the Haryana Assembly elections, Hooda said that like in the Lok Sabha polls, in the state assembly elections too, "people will not give their vote to the parties 'vote katu' (vote cutters). There is no place for such parties in Haryana the fight is between the Congress and the BJP."
Replying to a question, Bhan reiterated that the Congress was capable of fighting for the 90 seats on its own.
To a related question, Hooda said there has been no talk about forming any alliance for the Haryana elections.
On who will be the chief minister if the Congress comes to power, he reiterated that the MLAs and the high command will decide that.
Addressing the BJP, Birender Singh alleged that the party practicing divisive politics should not even be an alternative party in the country's politics.
Singh, who joined the BJP in 2014 after breaking four-decade ties with the Congress, rejoined the grand party earlier this year.
When he left the Congress in 2014, Singh was considered Hooda's bête noire.
The campaign will highlight the failures of the state government, said state Congress chief Udai Bhan, who along with former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, held a press conference here.
Several other senior Congress leaders, including former Union minister Birender Singh, Lok Sabha MPs Deepender Singh Hooda, Varun Chaudhary and Satpal Brahmachari, also attended the event.
Submitting the "charge sheet" against the 10-year-old BJP government in the state, Bhan said the government has failed on several fronts, including employment generation, law and order and protection of farmers.
"Through this statewide campaign starting July 15, we will not only highlight and expose the failures of the government, but our workers and leaders will also seek suggestions from the public which we will incorporate in our election manifesto," Bhupinder Hooda said.
"When our party forms the government, the people's problems can be resolved effectively," he said.
Bhan claimed that unemployment has increased in Haryana, with two lakh government jobs lying vacant, including 60,000 in the education sector and 20,000 each in the police and health sectors. He added that several scams and document leaks have taken place during the current BJP regime.
Haryana today is the most unsafe state with increasing crime rate, he said.
Pointing out 15 issues that the Congress has raised in its "charge sheet", Bhan also alleged that atrocities against Dalits have increased while crimes against women were on the rise.
The Congress leader said traders in the state are receiving extortion calls because criminals are not afraid and the drug menace has increased under the BJP government, affecting the youth.
He said 750 farmers died during the agitation against the now repealed farm laws, adding that farmers were only given 'lathis' during this regime.
Bhan also said that he and Hooda will undertake a 'Rath Yatra' in the state after August 20.
On the participation of the INLD and the BSP in the Haryana Assembly elections, Hooda said that like in the Lok Sabha polls, in the state assembly elections too, "people will not give their vote to the parties 'vote katu' (vote cutters). There is no place for such parties in Haryana the fight is between the Congress and the BJP."
Replying to a question, Bhan reiterated that the Congress was capable of fighting for the 90 seats on its own.
To a related question, Hooda said there has been no talk about forming any alliance for the Haryana elections.
On who will be the chief minister if the Congress comes to power, he reiterated that the MLAs and the high command will decide that.
Addressing the BJP, Birender Singh alleged that the party practicing divisive politics should not even be an alternative party in the country's politics.
Singh, who joined the BJP in 2014 after breaking four-decade ties with the Congress, rejoined the grand party earlier this year.
When he left the Congress in 2014, Singh was considered Hooda's bête noire.
