Alliance with HJC here to stay: BJP

In the event of the alliance coming to power in the state in the 2014 Assembly elections in the state, HJC chief Kuldeep Bishnoi would be the chief minister for first two-and-a-half-years, the leaders said while addressing a rally in Sirsa to mark HJC’s fifth anniversary.

“All issues that could destablise a coalition were carefully resolved at the time of BJP-HJC joining hands in 2011. These include the question of leadership while forming government and division of Lok Sabha and Assembly seats among the partners. Therefore, there is no scope of the alliance breaking on any such issue,” Swaraj said.

Attacking the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre, Gadkari said the only things the current dispensation had given to the people were unemployment, inflation and rising poverty. “Congress sarkar ka bhrashtachar hawa, zameen aur pataal tak hai (The corruption by Congress has reached air, land and hades). Be it 2G scam, CWG scam or coal scam, the Congress has taken corruption to all possible levels,” said Swaraj.

Referring to the law and order situation in Haryana, Swaraj said: “The Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress government in Haryana has let the law and order situation get out of hand. Increasing number of sexual assaults on women, gangrapes and other heinous crimes show that the government has failed to curb crime rate in the

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