Former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that Dr Manmohan Singh always had a special affection towards Haryana, and made a significant contribution to its development during the 10 years in which he was the Prime Minister.
Former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has claimed that the BJP has always failed to give DAP to farmers at the time of sowing, urea at the time of irrigation and MSP at the time of harvesting. This is the reason why farmers have to protest again and again for their demands.
“The BJP government should consider the demands of the farmers who marched to Delhi. Congress has also repeatedly raised this demand before the government and it was also mentioned in the party's election manifesto,” the Congress leader said.
Hooda said the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and Jannayak Janta Party (BJP-JJP) are defrauding not only the farmers but also the commission agents and workers of crores of rupees.
Hooda demanded that the government should give Rs 5 crore to gold medalists, Rs 3 crore to silver medal winners and Rs 2 crore to those who win bronze medals for the country.
After former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and ex-Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda met Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress leaders have sought action against the two for going against the party lines as Azad had hit on Gandhis which has not gone down well with the party leaders, mainly the loyalists.
Hooda said that a scheme like Agneepath cannot be implemented in India by citing the examples of countries like Israel or America.
Flaying the Punjab Assembly resolution seeking transfer of the Union Territory Chandigarh to it, former Haryana Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday said the Punjab government should avoid unilateral decisions, overlooking the rights of Haryana.
Hooda said that the government employees in the state are agitating on the streets demanding old pension, but the government is ignoring them, and the issue of old pension was also raised in the assembly.
He said confrontation is not good as farmers have every right to protest peacefully for their demands.
