Mirchpur haunts Hooda
MUKESH BHARDWAJ Posted online: Tue Jun 15 2010, 02:48 hrs
The Mirchpur tragedy is not letting CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda breathe
easy. Ever since Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi visited the
state without informing the state government or the state party
bosses, not a day passes that his detractors do not land in Delhi to
complain about his inept handling of the Mirchpur Dalit violence.
Sources said that not only his detractors but Hooda's colleagues have
also registered their resentment over the infamy the Mirchpur incident
brought to the party. Moreover, UP CM Mayawati also lambasted the
Hooda Government. Mayawati had slammed Hooda at the time of Gohana
Dalit violence and tried to consolidate the BSP in the state. Her
party, however, failed to improve its tally of one MLA in the
90-member Haryana House. And the lone BSP MLA Akram Khan too joined
hands with Hooda.
Son-rising
There is another son rising in the Haryana's political firmament.
Finance, Irrigation and Forest Minister Captain Ajay Singh Yadav, the
No 2 in the Bhupinder Singh Hooda cabinet, has successfully launched
his son Chiranjeev Yadav in state politics. Chiranjeev, much to the
surprise of many, had thrown his hat in the ring for the post of state
Youth Congress president and despite being faced with many heavyweight
political sons and daughters, won the elections. He pushed out the
daughter of a powerful state woman leader. Besides, Rahul Gandhi's
handpicked legislator Anil Dhantori also opted to stay out of the
race. His election as state Youth Congress president has further
consolidated his father's position in the party and government.
Chaudharies in action
The panchayat elections in Haryana are deemed more important that the
municipal elections as these elections decide the 'chaudhar' of the
leaders in the rural areas. These elections have, therefore, become a
point of prestige for the political parties, especially the INLD and
the Congress. These two parties have their own interests in the
elections as the sarpanchs and panchs will lead the public opinion on
whom to vote for in the next Assembly and Lok Sabha polls. This
explains the presence of many senior leaders who braved the heat to
hold on to their rural votebank. After the results were declared, both
Congress and INLD claimed that it was their writ that had prevailed.
The real position, however, will be clear at the time of the general
elections.
Babus all the way
The Haryana bureaucracy is really claiming its place in the sun in the
Bhupinder Singh Hooda government. Many say without any inhibition that
it is the babus who are running the government. These days the
majority of the officers are on leisure trips to the hills. Hence the
state secratariat wears a deserted look and those who come from far
off places to get their work done have to return disappointed. "Even
if we are able to meet Hooda it hardly gets us any result as he refers
our cases to a particular officer attached to him and this officer
never listens to us for the reason that he is always surrounded by
politicians, mostly MLAs, and we are further referred to another
small-time officer," said an enraged Ambala resident.
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