Former Haryana Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, on Tuesday said while Congress has the ideology that unites the people, division is central to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) ideology.

Addressing a rally during the fourth leg of the Jankranti Yatra in the Fatehabad district, Hooda said the BJP was elected on the basis of false promises made to the people.

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“After they took office, they have forgotten about their promises and are completely focused on destroying the social fabric of the state for political gains. The people of Haryana understand the games the BJP is playing and every segment is disappointed with the BJP,” the Congress leader said.

He said people of the state Haryana have already made up their minds to vote out the BJP and bring in the Congress as the people of the state think of the BJP government as a failed experiment.

“You (people) have realised that the BJP first hurts the people who support them. Demonetization and Goods and Services Tax (GST) have destroyed businesses and markets don’t have customers. The rise of Inspector Raj has damaged whatever was left. Inspector Raj would be abolished once the Congress returns to power,” the former CM said.

Hooda said the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) is supposedly the main opposition party in the state but they are behaving as associates of the ruling party, which has pushed them out of political equation.

“Based on the feedback I have got from the four rounds of Jankranti Yatra, I can say for sure that the Congress is on a comeback and we will form the next government in the state. Increasing old-age pension to Rs 3,000 per month would be the first decision of the Congress government. The elderly will get three notes, one pink and two green,” Hooda said.

Highlighting the agenda of the next Congress government, Hooda said people in the state would be given full electricity at half the price and that villages, towns and cities will be put on the road to accelerated development so that it regains its position as a model state, as it was in 2014. Hooda also raised the issue of rising drug abuse in the state and blasted the state government for failing to stop the drug menace in the state.