CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday said the state’s Assembly is a “split house” and his party is certain to lose in the assembly polls.
He also referred to “dynastic politics” and told reporters in Karnal, Haryana, that the Congress was “locked in ‘Parivarvad Mor'”.
“I have said before that Congress is a divided chamber and that infighting in Congress has come to the fore in public in the past,” he said in response to a question.
“The Congress too is in thrall to the ‘Congress faction’. At its top level it is the ‘Gandhi faction’ and in Haryana it is the ‘hooda faction’. In Rohtak, they (Congress) have many senior leaders who can fight the polls. But they cannot come from one (hooda) family,” Saini said.
He said that in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and his son Deepender Singh Hooda contested from Sonipat and Rohtak respectively, and both lost. .
“Last time, ‘Bapu Beta’ (father and son) fought and both lost. ‘Bapu’ ran away from the fight this time and let his son fight (from Rohtak). He will lose this time too,” he said. Told. .
Saini also said that Deepak Babaria, the Congress’s Haryana affairs in-charge, recently said that if the Congress’s in-charge of Haryana affairs, Deepak Babaria, fails to get enough votes in the Congress’ favor in the Lok Sabha polls in the respective regions. He was asked to comment on the warning he issued to party leaders in the state if he did not get the . Diminishing the right to get tickets for parliamentary elections.
Haryana Assembly polls are expected to be held later this year.
“As I said, Congress is a divided house… What will Mr. Bavaria do? All he can do is write letters, but Congress will be defeated in the polls,” Saini said.
Voting for all 10 seats in Haryana’s Lok Sabha will be held on May 25 in the sixth phase of the seven-phase general election.
Saini also slammed AAP supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over the issue of alleged assault by AAP MP Swati Maliwal’s aides at his official residence.
He said the misbehavior against women inside the Prime Minister’s residence in Delhi was alarming.
Delhi Police has registered an FIR in the case.
Asked about opposition parties saying they would change the constitution if the Bharatiya Janata Party wins 400 seats in Parliament, Saini said: “They are supporting lies and misleading the country.”
Targeting the Congress, he said, “Since Independence, the Congress has been working on the idea of leaving the poor to their own fate and using them as vote banks.”
“But now their masks have come off…The Congress has been rejected by the people of this country. The people support Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They believe that Mr. Modi can take the country forward. I know,” he said.
issued May 16, 2024, 19:48 IST
