CHANDIGARH – An aggressive Congress today took on the BJP in poll-bound Haryana, accusing the BJP-SAD government in Punjab of promoting drug culture leading the youth astray.
“The youth in Punjab has failed to make a mark in sports and education. Instead of building stadia, the youth has taken to drugs,” Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said at an election rally here.
He addressed two more in Firozepur Jhirka and Rewari during his first election tour of the state. Haryana Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Sharma is the Congress candidate from Ganaur.
Rahul lashed out at the BJP for saying that the Congress had failed to bring any development to the state in the past six decades. He rattled out dozens of development projects undertaken by the Hooda government.
Giving out a new slogan in the praise of sportspersons from Haryana who have brought laurels to the nation, the scion of the Gandhi family said: “Haryana is proud of its sportspersons, farmers and soldiers guarding the borders. Hence, the slogan in this state should be — ‘Jai jawan, jai kisan and jai pehalwan’ (wrestlers) — for the service they render to the nation.”
