Chandigarh, September 6 (Trinew)
The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) is ready to show political strength on the pretext of Devi Lal Jayanti on 25 September. Party Chief General Secretary and Ellenabad MLA Abhay Chautala is continuing his Haryana Parivartan Yatra. His journey will conclude in Kaithal on 25th September. In this rally to be presided over by INLD supremo and former CM Omprakash Chautala, senior leaders of several parties involved in the ‘India’ Grand Alliance formed against the NDA will also participate.
Abhay Chautala, who met the media at the INLD headquarters in Chandigarh on Wednesday, said that former Deputy Prime Minister late Chau Devi Lal took many major decisions during his rule. Decisions such as compensation for crops damaged due to natural calamities, old age pension, loan waiver of farmers, donation of Rs 5100 in the marriage of poor daughters and three percent sports quota in police department in recruitment of government jobs were initiated by Chow Devi Lal.
Abhay said, at the Samman Diwas rally held on September 25 last year, it was Omprakash Chautala who entrusted the responsibility of the alliance against the BJP coalition government at the Center to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. That is, today the alliance – India has been formed, the foundation of which was laid by Omprakash Chautala. On a question, Abhay said that apart from Nitish Kumar, Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Tejashwi Yadav, Farooq Abdullah, Rajya Sabha MP of Mamata Banerjee’s party Deepak Mirren, former CM Uddhav Thackeray have given consent to attend the rally in Kaithal. Apart from them, Sitaram Yechury, Jayant Chaudhary, Sukhbir Singh Badal, former Governor Satyapal Malik, Hanuman Beniwal and KC Tyagi have also been confirmed to attend the rally. Abhay told that invitation has been sent to Sharad Panwar as well, but he himself will meet him and invite him for the rally. In the rally, Omprakash Chautala will also announce the promises that will be fulfilled if INLD comes to power. On the question asked on the factionalism of the Congress, the INLD leader said that the Congress leaders are not fighting for the public but for their own selfishness and personal supremacy. When it comes to the role of the opposition, we maintain silence. Congress should take strict action against him and throw him out of the party. Demanding immediate dismissal from the cabinet of Minister of State Sandeep Singh, accused of sexual harassment of a female coach, Abhay said that the charge sheet of Chandigarh Police has made it clear that Sandeep Singh did not maintain the dignity of his post. He said that the Chief Minister kept saying repeatedly in the Assembly that Sandeep Singh will not be removed, will not be removed, but the public will remove BJP from power.
Covered more than 2000 villages
Regarding Parivartan Yatra, Abhay said that he has visited more than 2000 villages, all districts, sub-divisions and towns. During this he saw that farmers are facing water problems and there is no drinking water in the villages. The schools and hospitals built during the INLD government are locked. There is a shortage of teachers and doctors. There is no playground for children. All the roads including the state highway are broken. In the second phase of Parivartan Yatra, he will do Rath Yatra of all the remaining villages and while he will expose before the people the loot done by the BJP government in the last 9 years, he will also share the policies of INLD with the people.
