Chandigarh Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday claimed that the opposition Congress was weak in all Assembly segments in Haryana and asserted that the BJP would return to power in the state with a big mandate for the third time. consecutive.

"Congress is weak in all assembly segments including Rohtak. I don't think they will win any seats in the upcoming Assembly elections because BJP is in a very strong position in all 90 assembly segments," he told the journalists in Karnal on the sidelines of a party meeting.

Referring to his victory in the recent bypoll for the Karnal assembly seat and Manohar Lal Khattar's emphatic victory from the Karnal Lok Sabha seat, the chief minister said: "The people of Karnal gave a great message that when Assembly elections are held, the BJP will come to power again with a big mandate and form the government for the third time."

The people of Haryana want to strengthen Prime Minister Narendra Modi's position and will form a BJP government for the third time to accelerate development in the state, Saini added.

Meanwhile, the newly appointed in-charge of BJP affairs in Haryana, Satish Poonia, on Sunday alleged that corruption flourished in the state during the previous Congress regime and that it was the BJP government that came down heavily on the "scourge". .

With Haryana going to polls later this year, he said the Congress leadership is "divided" and cannot pose a challenge to the BJP.

Exuding confidence that the BJP will comfortably win the Haryana Assembly elections, the BJP leader asserted that the state has benefited under his party's dual-engine government.

Haryana has had an "anti-Congress history for years" and people of the state have rejected the party for a long time, he said, adding that corruption used to be a major problem during the Congress government, but after the BJP came to power power in In 2014, it fell heavily on the "scourge."

The BJP organization is strong in Haryana and its leaders are united, so the party will definitely perform well in the assembly elections, Poonia said.

The internal situation of the Congress in Haryana is not good, while the BJP is stronger than all other parties on the ground, he added.