Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, while reminding the Opposition in the Vidhan Sabha of its own record on law and order, said that those questioning the law and order situation in the state today should first look at the crime figures and incidents recorded during their own tenure. Taking a dig at the Opposition, the Chief Minister said its problem is that even before wiping a victim’s tears, it starts looking for a political opportunity. They are less concerned about the pain caused by crime and more eager to malign the government, he said.
There was no democracy during Congress regime, but a ‘rule-tantra’
The Chief Minister said that during Congress rule, there was no democracy but a ‘rule-tantra’, under which people were forced to flee, leaving behind their homes, belongings and lifelong savings. The manner in which the system collapsed during Congress rule left every section of society distressed.
The Chief Minister said the INLD had forgotten its own tenure, when even FIRs were not registered, and people lived in an atmosphere of fear. He said INLD leaders had perhaps not properly read the figures relating to 2004 that he had placed before the House. The crime graph had risen during their tenure, whereas it has declined considerably during the tenure of the present government.
Congress must also answer for crime during its 10-year rule
The Chief Minister said when the Congress came to power in 2005, people expected the system to change, but instead, crime assumed an even more disturbing form. In July 2005, images of police action against protesting workers of the Honda company in Gurugram shocked the entire country. Workers were chased and beaten on the streets, and a large number of them were injured.
The Chief Minister questioned how the illegal trade in the organs of poor people was allowed to flourish in the very Gurugram that the then government projected as one of its achievements, and why the administration remained inactive for so long.
The Chief Minister said a Dalit settlement in Mirchpur village of Hisar was attacked on April 21, 2010. Houses were set ablaze and 70-year-old Tara Chand and his daughter Suman, who had a disability, were burnt alive. Hundreds of Dalit families were forced to leave the village, and the matter became so serious that the trial had to be transferred from Haryana to Delhi.
10 emergency services integrated with Dial-112; 250 additional response vehicles approved
The Chief Minister said the Emergency Response Support System, ‘Dial-112’, has been successfully implemented to provide immediate assistance to citizens. A total of 10 emergency services have been integrated with Dial-112, including Police Service 100, Fire Service 101, Medical Emergency Service 108, Women Helpline 1091, Traffic Helpline 1073, Cyber Helpline 1930, Durga Shakti App, NHAI Helpline 1033, Disaster Management Helplines 1070 and 1077, and Women and Child Development Department helplines 181 and 1098.
