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              the people of Haryana since he was   To speak of accepting the demands   servers, the rally had given breather
              in-charge of party’s Haryana unit,   raised by Inderjit, he even did not   to Lal and the party which was fac-
              he reminded that only recently he   mention the demands.      ing anti-incumbency sentiments. It
              had laid the statue of veteran farm-  Before the last Lok Sabha polls,   has strengthened hands of Mano-
              ers leader Sir Chhotu Ram at his birth  Inderjit who has defected from Con-  har Lal who was encircled by op -
              place in Gadhi Sanpala in Rohtak   gress to BJP, was given Gurgaon Lok   ponents  within  party  who  were
              district.                      Sabha ticket, which he won and was   eyeing on Chief Minister’s post re-
                Stage for Modi’s Poll campaign   made Minister in the Modi regime.   placing Manohar Lal accusing him of
              was setup by Haryana’s Chief Minis-  But his humiliation started soon   incompetency.
              ter Manohar Lal by claiming that un-  and his political successor, Daughter   People by and large are not much
              der dynamics leadership of Narendra  Arti Rao was denied assembly ticket   happy  with  the  performance  of
              Modi, BJP will win as many 350 seats  on the ground that close relatives will  Manohar Lal led BJP Government.
              in the ucoming Lok Sabha polls. He   not be given ticket.     But to the benefit of BJP, main opposi-
              has assured Modi that although party   To add salt to the injury, Vandana   tion parties Congress and Indian Na-
              had won seven out of eight seats, it   Sharma, sister of Union Foreign Min-  tional Lok Dal are also facing worst
              had contested in last Lok Sabha polls.  ister Sushma Swaraj was given ticket  situation. Congress is involved in
              In the upcoming Lok Sabha polls,   from Safidon constituency in Jind   infighting between supporters of for-
              party will win all the ten seats.   district.                 mer Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh
                While in the last Lok Sabha polls,                          Hooda and Congress Chief Ashok
              party had contested eight seats leav-                         Tanwar to the extent that Tanwar
              ing two seats, Sirsa and Hissar for its                       supporters have even lodged com-
              alliance partner, Haryana Janhit Con-  Interestingly, when    plaint with Delhi Police that their
              gress of Kuldeep Bishnoi son of for-  Modi was declared       leader was manhandled and attacked
              mer Haryana Chief Minister, Bhajan                            by supporters of Hooda during a rally
 t was during the inauguration   Calling Congress the mother of all scams and corruption,    Lal. BJP has won seven seats loosing   prime ministerial   in Delhi.
 of the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal   Rohtak seat to Depeender Hooda,   candidate by BJP for   Besides, Bhupinder IS also facing
 Expressway,  also  known  as   Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched scathing attacks at    son of former Chief Minister. Sirsa   a number of criminal cases in vari-
 Western Peripheral Express- the party ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha election,    and Hisar seats were won by Indian   the last Lok Sabha   ous courts for helping the builders
 I way, at village Sultanpur in   reports PAWAN KUMAR BANSAL  National Lok Dal.  polls, he went to   to grab farmers land by misusing the
 Gurugram district of Haryana, when   Rally had its shadow on Haryana       provisions of land acquision act.
 Prime  Minister  Narendra  Modi   politics with Narendra Modi repeat-  Rewari to address   Although, Hooda claims that he
 launched a scathing attack at the   project was to be completed much   sacrifices of the people of Haryana at   edly  mentioning  Chief  Minister   a mammoth rally,   is not deterred by the cases, which
 Congress. Addressing the people   earlier and was to be used during   border, Modi recalled the contribu-  Manohar Lal for his honesty and   he claims are politically motivated
 after the launch of the KMP project,   Common Wealth Games. Describing  tion of Major Shetain Singh and his   competency thus setting all specu-  30km from the   as he, was exposing various acts of
 Narendra Modi took the opportunity  the project as test case for studying   unit. People’s Liberation Army of   lations going on in political circles   omission and commission of Har-
 to attack the previous Congress Gov-  the corruption of UPA government,   5,000-6,000 soldiers equipped with   and fueled by Manohar lal’s oppo-  present rally venue  yana government led by Lal. But his
 ernments of Haryana and Center,   Modi said that Congress regime was   heavy artillery support had attacked   nents that prior to Haryana assembly   opponents are using these cases for
 while virtually launching parties,   synonymous with corruption add-  Chushul post in Sino-India war early   polls, Manohar Lal will be replaced   stalling his or his supporter’s instal-
 election campaign for the upcoming  ing that project which would have   morning. To add to misery, matters   either by Rao Inderjit or by Birender   She lost but was later made mem-  lation as Haryana Pardesh Congress
 Lok Sabha elections.  been ready by a decade back was   were made worst with, a crest of   Singh, both hailing from Haryana   ber of prestigious Haryana Public   Committee Chief replacing the pre-
 It is interesting to mention that   struck due to incompetency of Con-  the ridge preventing Indian artillery   and enjoying Ministers berth in Modi  Service Comission. It is widely be-  sent incumbent Ashok Tawar.
 when  Modi  was  declared  prime   gress Govt. Although, launching of   from lending support thus, leaving   regime.   lieved that Inderjit is in touch with   Indian National Lok Dal party,
 ministerial candidate by BJP for the   project by Modi was dragged into   the Jawans to fight for themselves.  Both Inderjit and Birender were   Congress president Rahul Gandhi   which has entered into electoral al-
 last Lok Sabha polls, he went to Re-  controversy as Randeep Surjewala,   The company led by Commander   present  on  the  stage.  Inderjit  in   and may join his parent party Con-  liance with BSP was posing major
 wari to address a mammoth rally of   Congress media-in-charge alleging   Singh fought till last man, last round,   whose Gurugram Lok Sabha con-  gress later or sooner.  challenge to ruling BJP a month back.
 ex-servicemen, about thirty kilom-  that project was launched in hurry   and last breath. Legend said that   stituency the rally was held had not   Chief Minister Manohar Lal and   But, the vertical split in the party had
 eters from the present rally venue.   even without getting required safety  the brave 120 killed close to 1,300    taken much interest in mobilisation   BJP leaders are jubilant over success   changed the entire scenario.Party
 Rewari meeting proved lucky for   clearance thus endangering lives of   enemy soldiers.The area where rally   of people for the rally.   of the rally. Rashmi Kheterpal, in-  chief Om Parkash Chautala has ex-
 him and the party, with party com-  people traveling on express way but   was held is known as Ahirwal belt   He is at loggerheads with Mano-  charge of party’s economic cell told   pelled Dushyant Chautala, MP from
 ing to power and Modi becoming the  the people have welcomed. After   and party has won not only last Lok   har Lal and there had been public   Tehelka, “Successful rally has sent   Hisar and his brother Digvijay Chau-
 Prime Minister.  becoming Prime Minister, it was his   Sabha seat from here but almost all    demonstration of the hostility exist-  shock waves among opposition par-  tala from the party for anti-party
 This time, he has blamed the pre-  eleventh visit to the state. Praising   assembly  seats  in  last  Haryana    ing between them on several occa-  ties, particularly Congress and Indian  activities. Dushyant Chautala with
 vious Congress governments for in-  youth of Haryana for bravery, Modi   assembly  election.  Modi  was    sions. Prior to the rally, Dushyant   National Lok Dal, adding that now we  the blessings of his father Ajay Singh
 ordinate delay in completion of KMP  recalled that Haryana contributes   welcomed by the crowd by raising   Chautala, MP, heading splinter group  will fight the coming elections with   Chautala has announced formation
 project thus raising its cost manifold.  maximum Jawans to our armed forc-  slogans describing him as lion.  of Indian National Lok Dal had se-  renewed energy.”  of a new party.
 He reminded the audience that this   es. Reminding the people of supreme   Modi, while tracing his bound for   cret close door meeting with Inderjit.   According to some political ob-  LETTERS@TEHELKA.COM



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