Leaders, workers unhappy with govt

Sushil Manav

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 1

The BJP government in Haryana about to complete two years later this month is facing resentment from its workers and leaders alike.

Sources said party workers have been feeling “neglected”, while a section of senior party leaders, including ministers, and RSS functionaries are unhappy with the government’s functioning.

Their grouse is government’s “lack of grip” on the bureaucracy.

Sources said resentment manifested at a dinner meeting in Delhi on September 27; the meeting’s purpose was to iron out differences among the government, the party and RSS cadre. Khattar and state BJP president Subhash Barala were present.

An RSS leader was said to have walked out of the meeting because he was reportedly unhappy with the “unbridled” functioning of the bureaucracy and Khattar’s clarifications on this. Sources said Barala followed him to placate him.

At a meeting with BJP president Amit Shah on Friday, Khattar reportedly told him a wrong perception was being created about the government.

Sources said there seems no immediate threat to Khattar’s leadership given his proximity to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Barala denied reports of resentment in the party or RSS cadre.