Haryana poll: Chandigarh leaders lend weight to Congress campaign

PANCHKULA: Congress leaders from Chandigarh unit have joined their counterparts in Haryana in the campaigning of Chander Mohan, a party candidate from Panchkula assembly seat.
Former Union railways minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, Chandigarh Congress media coordinator Mukesh Bassi and many others lent weight to Chander Mohan's campaign.
Addressing an election rally in Panchkula, Bansal said the five-year rule of Manohar Lal government in Haryana was full of mis-governance and non-performance.
Hitting out at the BJP, Bansal said Haryana, especially Panchkula and Kalka, suffered a lot in the past five years. "In Panchkula, money was wasted on entry gates and roundabouts. During Congress rule, Haryana was number 1, but BJP pushed Haryana backwards by many years," he added.
Earlier in the day, Chander Mohan met Congress media coordinator Mukesh Bassi at his residence in Sector 8 and discussed the election strategy.
Talking to mediapersons, Bassi said he was here to support his childhood friend and Congress was certainly going to win from Panchkula. "Panchkula residents have seen development during the Congress regime and the BJP has only misled people in the past five years," said Bassi.
Chander Mohan, former Haryana deputy chief minister, said BJP was taking credit of Yamuna Nagar-Panchkula National Highway, but this was approved by Congress leader Kumari Selja. The BJP in last five years have miserably failed to complete the project, he added.
He said Panchkula was given step-motherly treatment since the BJP came to power in the state.