Will give pensionable jobs to all Agniveers, says Shah
Sumedha Sharma, Parveen Arora & Ravinder Saini
Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday assured voters in poll-bound Haryana that the BJP in its third term in the state would create 5 lakh more jobs, which would be given to the youth solely on merit.
He also said the BJP was committed to providing permanent and pensionable jobs to Agniveers. “We will deliver on this,” he asserted. “Don’t hesitate to send your children to the Army. Haryana and the Centre will give pensionable jobs to every single Agniveer. After five years, you will not find even one Agniveer who will be without a pensionable job,” the Home Minister said.
Addressing a poll rally in favour of BJP candidate Rao Narbir in Gurugram’s Badshahpur, Shah hit out at the Congress, alleging that during his tenure as CM, Bhupinder Singh Hooda ran a government of agents and property dealers.
“Dealers, dalals (middlemen) and damad (son-in-law) used to rule during the Hooda government’s tenure and corruption was rampant. Several acres of land in Gurugram were destroyed to make Delhi’s damad wealthy. Giving them another chance would bring back that era,” he alleged.
“The Congress took the land of farmers for peanuts to give it to its damad. And today, the party is talking about farmers,” Shah said.
He said the Congress manifesto was nothing, but a compilation of “false, impractical promises which would fall flat”. “Look at the states where the Congress rules and the plight of people there. Do you want the same for Haryana? They are making false promises. Their supporters laud Pakistan. When they can’t be true to the nation, will they ever be true to Haryana? Rahul is a habitual liar. Don’t trust him,” he alleged. Shah promised a 700-bed hospital, a 100-acre fintech hub and metro expansion in the state in the next term.
Addressing another rally at Kunjpura grain market in Karnal, Shah said, “We will create 5 lakh more jobs which will be given strictly on merit. There will be no involvement of middlemen and appointment letters will be delivered directly by postmasters.”
He told the gathering to ensure the victory of all five BJP candidates from Karnal district — Ram Kumar Kashyap (Indri), Jagmohan Anand (Karnal), Harvinder Kalyan (Gharaunda), Bhagwan Das Kabirpanthi (Nilokheri) and Yoginder Rana (Assandh).
He also announced two key infrastructure projects for Karnal – the establishment of an industrial model township and the much-awaited Karnal-Indri railway line in the next five years.
Shah took a dig at the Congress, describing it a “divided house” with leaders like Hooda, Kumari Selja and Randeep Surjewala all vying for the top post.
In yet another rally in Nangal Choudhary, Shah continued his tirade against the Congress over “factionalism” within the party. “Even as the fight for the CM’s post in on in the Congress, it is clear that it will not get a mandate to form the government,” he said, claiming the BJP would form the government in the state for the third time as “it worked for the welfare of all sections of society in the past decade”.
