HISAR: Haryana
chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar took on former CM
Bhupinder Singh Hooda in Barwala on Sunday, saying that the
Congress leader would be jailed on charges of corruption.
Addressing a cotton-farmers' rally, he said Hooda had started alleging that the present govenrment was being vindictive after investigations were started against him. Khattar added that Hooda would be jailed in prison on charges of corruption. Earlier, Khattar reached the rally venue by driving a tractor. Finance and revenue minister Captain Abhimanyu, BJP state president Subhash Barala, district president Surendra Poonia and other office-bearers were also accompanying him on the tractor. On reaching the stage, the BJP's convening team welcomed the chief minister with a garland of flowers of cotton. Earlier, he laid the foundation stone of a building of sports stadium constructed at a cost of Rs 1 crore in Barwala and a community centre built at a cost of Rs 3.05 crore. Khattar said his father was a small farmer with whom he also worked in fields in his childhood. He said he would wake up at 4am and cycle to the market with vegetables.
The CM said those who split society and burnt the property of others would not be allowed to go scot-free easily. "The Supreme Court has given its stamp to Haryana to get its share of water. We will get our share, but opposition parties do not need to play politics over it," he said.
He announced that 2 lakh
BPL ration cards will be created in the state and the work on this would be started next month.
Captain Abhimanyu said the opposition was working to mislead people by falling back on politics of lies. "We openly challenge all
opposition leaders to debate with us in the assembly, instead of making false and misleading statements outside," he said.
