Farmers Movement Archive

Hooda, BJP in connivance, alleges former Haryana Cong chief Tanwar

YAMUNANAGAR: Senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda is working in connivance with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and both are helping each other, alleged former Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) chief Ashok Tanwar, who held a press conference at the house of social worker Sanjeev Chaudhary in Jagadhri on Sunday. He said the people of Haryana would reduce the BJP to one or two seats in the assembly elections in the future. “People of Haryana are upset and angry with the BJP government. They have made up their mind to uproot this government as it has failed on all fronts and every section of the society is protesting. Earlier, it won four or five seats, but in the next state assembly elections, BJP will be able to win only one or two seats,” said Tanwar. Talking about upcoming elections at Baroda constituency, Tanwar said, “People there want to defeat BJP in Baroda by-elections, but surprisingly several leaders of the Congress are making efforts to ensure that BJP candidate wins. Several leaders of the Congress party are working in secret coalition with the BJP. The people want change and they are fed up with the present political system. People are searching for an option and we will prove a good option for them,” Tanwar said. Tanwar went on to allege that Hooda one among the Congress leaders who is working in connivance with BJP and both are helping each other. “It has been six years since the BJP is ruling, why is the government not putting him in jail? It is because they are the same and have reached settlements to close the files of investigation. There is darkness all around the Congress and the leadership in Haryana is not supporting Rahul Gandhi and he seems helpless. All 23 people who raised questions on Congress leadership in connivance with BJP, should be expelled from the party,” he added. According to Tanwar, “Former chief minister Hooda during his tenure gave away thousands of acres of land, exploited farmers, and some land was also returned, lawsuits were filed but all is quiet. BJP and Congress are in collusion but no one is going to listen.” Tanwar also alleged that the central and the Haryana governments failed to handle the Covid-19 pandemic and people lost their lives and cases are increasing with large numbers on daily basis. Talking about three agriculture laws, Tanwar said, “These laws have been passed to benefit big capitalists and to ruin the farmers. If the opposition parties would have played their role in Parliament honestly, the three farm laws would never have been passed and farmers would have been busy in the field rather than staging protests in the streets,” said Tanwar.

The Times of India

2020-10-05

Chandigarh