Khattar promises to make Gurugram an icon city
Gurugram: Nine days after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) started the "Jan Ashirwad Yatra" (journey for seeking blessings from the public), it reached Gurugram on Tuesday. Amid a slew of rallies and inaugurations, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar stated that he will further strengthen the structures of strong and clean governance.
The Chief Minister also promised the citizens of his vision of making Gurugram the icon city of the country, a city that will ensure employment opportunities to locals as well as other citizens of the country. The journey of the Chief Minister began from Pataudi where he emphasised on the importance of clean governance.
Taking cognisance of the recent action initiated by the public agencies against the national and regional Congress leaders, the Chief Minister made a tacit mention of how the Congress leaders involved in the corruption would end in the jail. Subsequently, the Chief Minister also made a visit to Badshahpur and Gurugram where he not only spoke about improving the infrastructure but also spoke about how his government had respected the martyrs by giving their kin the employment opportunities.
The significance of Gurugram Vidhan Sabha seat for the saffron party can be gauged from the fact that it was Gurugram where the MLA Umesh Aggarwal won by the seat by the highest margin of five lakh votes. From 2013, BJP made a strategy shift and began inducting various tall leaders of South Haryana into its fold. Besides Rao Inderjit Singh, there was also Rao Narbir Singh who is presently the Badshahpur MLA.
Interestingly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi started in 2014 Lok Sabha campaign from Rewari where a large number of ex-Army men reside. It is the place where he made the promise that if elected, he will implement the one rank one pension scheme. Modi factor and the presence of Rao Inderjit resulted in the victory for BJP. This was again extended in the Vidhan Sabha elections where Umesh Aggarwal won by the largest margin.
