With the Enforcement Directorate (ED) questioning Rahul Gandhi in a money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper, former Haryana chief minister and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda, on Monday, said the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government’s action against the former Congress president is driven by political vendetta.
Addressing a press conference in Rohtak, the Congress leader, however, said sounded optimistic about the outcome of the case saying, “We have full faith in the judiciary and that the entire Congress party stands firmly with Rahul Gandhi,”.
On cross-voting by Haryana Congress’ Member of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) legislators in the Rajya Sabha elections, Hooda said the party is analysing the election results in detail. “We are carrying out scrutiny to identify which Congress MLAs vote was cancelled. The counting agent of Congress knows the ballot number of that MLA,” he said.
Hooda alleged that money power was used in the Rajya Sabha election. He said independent MLA Balraj Kundu and Indian National Lok Dal MLA Abhay Chautala have themselves spoken about horse-trading. “Despite this, Abhay Chautala cast his vote for the same candidate. The MLA can sell his vote by horse-trading, but the people who have sent them to the Assembly, cannot be sold. People are keeping a close eye on such MLAs,” he said.
On the allegations of corruption levelled by the BJP MP from Rohtak Arvind Sharma on the Manohar Lal Khattar-led government, Hooda said he has said this many times.
“Such a corrupt government has not taken office in the state till date as the state has seen a relentless stream of scams under this government. The government has neither carried out proper investigation nor have they been able to take action on any big fish,” he pointed out.
The former chief minister said the incumbent government does not have any achievement worth counting in its entire tenure. “The government is going through its tenure by changing the name of a district, a road or a village,” he added.