Congress leaders in Haryana up the ante against BJP

Ravi S Singh

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, November 9

The Congress in Haryana on Tuesday upped the ante against BJP leaders for their alleged high-handedness, including against protesting farmers.

Also, they expressed resentment against the BJP-led government in the State for allegedly not allowing people to perform Chhath Puja at Aravali Golf Course in Faridabad.

Former national president of National Student Union of India (NSUI), student wing of All India Congress Committee (AICC), Subhash Chaudhary from Haryana, held BJP leaders responsible for the Kiloi (Rohtak) incident in which farmers “gheraoed” local BJP leaders, including former minister, and held them captive for more than four hours.

A subsequent statement by BJP sitting MP from Rohtak Arvind Sharma to “gouge out eyes and chop hands” of those who misbehaved with BJP leaders aggravated matters.

Chaudhary said the BJP leaders, who were gheraoed by farmers in Kiloi provoked them by using the local temple for political programmes.

Chaudhary flayed BJP Sabha MP Ram Chander Jangra for his fracas with protesting farmers in Hansi which has resulted in farmers staging sit-in dharna at the local mini-secretariat.

Congress MLA from Faridabad NIT Neeraj Sharma cautioned the BJP of backlash from the migrants for not allowing them to perform Chhath Puja at Aravali Golf Course which they had been doing for the past 20 years.