Shah targets Hooda, says he was serving ‘Delhi ke damaad’

Jind (Hr), Sep 11 (PTI) Targeting former Haryana chiefminister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, BJP President Amit Shah todayalleged that he had robbed the poor to serve "Delhi kedamaad", an apparent reference to Congress President SoniaGandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra. He also lashed out at Hooda for describing theinvestigation initiated by government agencies against him as"political vendetta", claiming the Congress leader was rattledas the BJP government had exposed how farmers were exploitedunder his rule and their money gifted to "Delhi durbar". Addressing the ‘Guarav Rally’ organised by Union Ministerand prominent Jat leader Birender Singh here, Shah saidHaryana has seen "unprecedented" development under ChiefMinister Manohar Lal Khattar, who had provided a transparentand corruption-free government. "Previous chief ministers of the state used to look aftertheir own areas and supporters. I want to say here thatHaryana has seen three Lals– Bhajan Lal, Bansi Lal, DeviLal–and (Bhupinder Singh) Hooda. "Hooda never spared any effort in robbing poor people ofHaryana in order to serve Delhi ke damaad (Delhi’sson-in-law). Hooda’s circle was restricted to just taking careof his family, caste, village and relatives," he said andpromised that the Khattar government was for all. On investigations being conducted by government agenciesand recent registration of case against Hooda, Shah said, "nowwhen files are being opened, he (Hooda) is calling itpolitical vendetta. "It has now come to fore how the state was exploited bytaking money of poor farmers of Haryana and giving it to DelhiDurbar as gift," he said. Shah said nobody could point fingers at the BJP CM andhis ministers in the state on the issue of corruption. Without naming, Shah also took a swipe at former chiefminister Om Prakash Chautala, who along with his son andothers, had been convicted in the teacher’s recruitment scam. "This is the same Haryana where people are behind barsfor recruitment (scam)," he said, adding the Khattar ledgovernment recruited people in transparent manner. "This government is for all. It is not a government forany particular caste or community," Shah asserted. "Whatever people may say, I, as the BJP Chief, want toassure Jind people that the BJP government will deliverjustice to everybody and ensure rights irrespective of casteor community," he added. (MORE) PTI CHS AKA CK RTSRY