The leading figure of Haryana Congress and former state chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda affirms the party's alone battle in the upcoming assembly polls, citing that the grand old party can win on its own and that no talks have been held with any party to ally yet.
Talking about an alliance with AAP in Haryana, Hooda said, "We have an alliance at the national level (with the AAP) but as far as state level is concerned, no talks have been held with any party. The Congress is capable (to win) on its own. No talks have been held yet".
Hooda then pointed out the Agnipath military recruitment scheme, and MSP for the crops as significant issues to be dealt with in the state.
"If a Congress government comes, we are opposing this (Agnipath) scheme because what will a person do after returning from service, following four years. They (the central government) say Agniveers will get reservations but there is already reservation for ex-servicemen. What will they do after four years?" the senior Congress leader asked.
He then targeted the Centre over the Agnipath scheme, citing, that it should be withdrawn immediately.
Speaking on the MSP issue, the leader said, "In the Raipur Congress plenary session, we had declared that the legal guarantee for MSP would be given. In our time there was neither a tax on fertilizers nor on pesticides. There was a 9 per cent tax in our time on diesel, they (the BJP government) have increased it to 18 per cent. So, the input cost has gone up but farmers' income has gone down."
Hooda's promises for polls:
Talking about the guarantees, given by the Haryana Congress, Hooda said if the party comes to power, the old-age pension will be increased to Rs 6,000, the old pension scheme will be brought back, gas cylinders will be available at Rs 500, 300 units of electricity will be free, and 2 lakh vacant posts will be filled up.
Hooda said if a Congress government comes to power it will also improve the law and order situation and get more investments to the state to give a boost to job creation.
"There is no investment coming in because money is being extorted from people. Law and order have collapsed in the state so no one is investing. We will bring in investment to give a fillip to job creation," Hooda said.
He claimed that winds of change are blowing in the state because the BJP-JJP government was a "non-performing government".
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