Bhupinder Singh Hooda to voters: Avenge ‘insult’ at PM’s event

Chandigarh: Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday criticised his political opponents and detractors and also urged the people to take a pledge to teach a lesson to opportunists and those who insulted their elected representatives at Kaithal recently through the use of vote.

The chief minister, who was addressing Vijay Sankalp Rally at Panipat on Sunday where a resolution was passed to condemn the incident of Kaithal as some people had hooted at the official function being attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mr Hooda. He said that he had intelligence reports that trouble might be created by some people at the official function, but he did not believe such reports as he was of the view that nobody would create trouble as everybody would uphold the dignity of the Prime Minister.

The chief minister said that he had been there to attend an official function of National Highways Authority of India, but questioned that who generated hooting at a function. He said, “Hooda had been to the official function, therefore where lies my fault. Was Hooda there in his personal capacity. In case today I call someone here and insult him, what will happen.” He said that but he upheld the dignity of the event as he belonged to a family of freedom fighters and is a son of a person who has put his signatures on the Constitution of India. He said that the insult which was meted out to him was of the entire state and the people in the state would not tolerate it.

He said that the people in the state wanted to know that who were those who created trouble at the official function. He said that he was aware that people were annoyed because of the insult meted out to him, but he did not like their idea of not allowing any of those who had created trouble to enter any Chaupal. The chief minister urged the people not to insult them in such a way, but advised them to use the weapon of vote to take revenge from them. He also described the people of Haryana as his strength and also of the Congress.