In line with increasing attacks on the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party government’s political statements, the BJP has upped the ante against the party by making a comparison between the governance records of two neighbouring states in the upcoming Assembly elections in Punjab.
While addressing the public rally in Jalandhar, Saini had slunk a big dig at Punjab government branding it as a “Chutkulon Ki Sarkar”. He said that jokes may be used to cheer the crowd at the cinema hall but can be used with no purpose at all in running a government.
Meanwhile, Saini had accused AAP government of corruption in jobs, drug use, law and order, healthcare and welfare and had had the Haryana BJP government as a model for the Congress dispensation in Punjab.
Saini spoke about job generation, in connection with the party’s promise pre-election of jobs for 25 lakh young people. He questioned the promise in the light of the Punjab government’s announcement of about 60,000 government jobs and said the problems of recruitment controversies and corruption due to which deserving candidates were not getting jobs.
Highlighting Haryana’s achievement, Saini said that over 2 lakh government jobs were created in a transparent way without the presence of “Parchi-Kharchi.”
The Haryana Chief Minister also questioned the Mann government over its failure to make a claim to get rid of drugs within six months of coming to power in the Punjab. The BJP will take a tough stand on drug syndicate activity in case it comes to power during the next government, he said.
Farmers’ welfare was also discussed in his speech where he pledged to put Haryana’s policy into practice in Punjab of procurement of all 24 crops under Minimum Support Price. On health, he questioned the Punjab government for the Mohalla clinics setup and emphasized that Haryana is a success story of Ayushman Bharat and promise to provide free medical facilities to the beneficiaries.