PM Modi: After Himachal Pradesh, Haryana may face financial crisis if Congress forms govt

KURUKSHETRA/CHANDIGARH: Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused Congress' "royal" Gandhi family of intending to dismantle the reservation system as he officially launched from Kurukshetra on Saturday his campaign for the Haryana assembly elections.

PM Modi assured voters that he would safeguard the reservation system. "As long as Modi is here not even an iota of reservation will be touched," he said at a rally in Kurukshetra, also cautioning the state's people that if Congress forms govt the state might face the same financial crisis as Himachal Pradesh which is struggling to pay its employees. He said even the Himachal chief minister and ministers have had to forgo their salaries due to financial difficulties.

"Congress is a very dishonest party. Congress has only one policy - empty the public treasury to win elections, he said. "Similarly, look at the condition of Punjab...what have they done."

Addressing issues faced by farmers, Modi accused Congress of misleading the country and challenged it to implement similar schemes in Karnataka and Telangana. He said over 1,200 farmers in Telangana had killed themselves in recent months "The blood of these farmers is on their hands," he said.


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