Haryana: Bhupinder Hooda, Nayab Saini engage in verbal spat on social media

Sunit Dhawan

Rohtak, July 24

A war of words has broken out on social media between former Haryana Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda and incumbent Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini over the slogan ‘Mahra Haryana — Non-stop Haryana’ coined by the ruling party.

A couple of days ago, Hooda took to social media platform ‘X’, where he remarked that the BJP’s slogan ‘Mahra Haryana — Non-stop Haryana’ is actually ‘Mahra Haryana — Full stop Haryana’.

In a video message embedded in the same post, the Congress leader remarked that a full stop has been put on everything in the state.

“There are no doctors in hospitals, no teachers in schools and no employees in government offices,” stated Hooda, indicating acute shortage of doctors, teachers and government officials in the state.

Retaliating on Hooda’s remarks on ‘X’ today, Chief Minister Saini asserted that today’s Haryana was non-stop Haryana; adding that full stop had been put on the Congress-supported goondaism and intimidation, atrocities on the downtrodden, auction of government jobs, grabbing of innocent farmers’ land and the reign of terror under the Congress’ rule.

Later in the day, the Haryana Congress launched a counter-attack on ‘X’, replying to the Chief Minister that he had been given the post to cover the misrule, and hence could not be blamed.

“You tell us after asking Manohar Lal (former Chief Minister) that why did the rate of unemployment increased non-stop in Haryana and became the highest in the country, why are the youth of Haryana migrating from the state amid non-stop crime and prevalence of drugs, and why have full stops been put on Metro, railway lines and industry/businesses,” posted the Haryana Congress.

“Now there is no time for idle gossip, you will have to give ‘hisaab’, the public has made up its mind for a change,” reads the post. The said posts of Hooda, Saini and Haryana Congress put on ‘X’ are going viral on various social media platforms, with the supporters of the respective parties and leaders venting their ire in full flow.

The BJP’s actual slogan is full stop, not non-stop Haryana. — Bhupinder Hooda, ex-chief minister

Full stop has been put on the Congress’ reign of terror. — Nayab Singh Saini, Chief Minister