Oppn to take on Haryana Govt over HPSC 'scam'

Geetanjali Gayatri

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 16

The Opposition is all geared up to take on the Manohar lal Khattar-led Bharatiya Janta Party-Jannayak Janta Party government on the issue of paper leaks and the dental surgeons exam of the Haryana Public Service Commission when the Haryana Vidhan Sabha meets for the winter session tomorrow.

Charged up to “raise the voice of the public” and expose the role of the government in the “cover up” at the HPSC, Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that the party and its leaders have done their homework thoroughly.

“There is no dearth of issues. The HPSC scam, exposed during the recruitment of dental surgeons and HCS officers, has brought out the real face of the government which is consistently working to save the big fish involved in the cash-for-job expose,” he said.

Maintaining that the rot runs deep, Hooda said the government had a lot of answering to do on the failing law and order situation, rising unemployment and the spiralling inflation among other things.

“The government may not have answers and we may not get any reply but, as the Opposition, it is our duty to raise the issues that concern the public. Further, we will also take up issues brought to our notice through the ‘Vipaksh Aapkay Samaksh’ programme of the Congress,” he said, adding that the Congress MLAs have given a number of calling attention notice on issues crucial to Haryana.

Meanwhile, the sole Indian National Lok Dal MLA, Abhay Chautala, will attend his first session after his re-election from Ellenabad. “From what I know, the Speaker has already disallowed my calling attention notices. These were about burning issues of the HPSC scam, the shortage of doctors, preparation for the expected third wave of Covid among other things. However, I will raise all this in the zero hour,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha which met here today extended the session by a day. Against the proposed three-day session, the House will be in session till December 22.