No corruption charge against previous Cong govt, present regime acting out of vendetta: Hooda

Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Wednesday claimed that there was no corruption charge against the previous Congress government in the state and accused the present BJP regime of acting out of "vendetta" and slapping cases.

The BJP had made alleged irregularities in the land deals during the previous Congress a major poll issue.

"Our government ruled for 10 years, but there was no corruption charge. The present government acted out of vendetta and slapped cases. They registered these cases to divert public attention from their own failures," the two-time former chief minister told reporters while addressing a 'meet-the-press' programme here.

Hooda and 33 others had been chargesheeted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a case of alleged corruption in Manesar land deals worth over Rs 1,500 crore, in which around 200 farmers were alleged to have been cheated.

Hitting out at the Manohar Lal Khattar government, Hooda said, "The claims of zero-tolerance towards corruption made by the present government have proved to be hollow. This government dropped land acquisition process for 3,600 acres of land in Bawal for a project after announcing award for the same."
When asked under whose leadership will the Congress fight the next Vidhan Sabha polls in Haryana, Hooda said, "It is not about under whose leadership the polls will be fought, but question today is that every section of society wants to throw out this non-performing government."