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Chandigarh, May 25, 2024:- INDIA bloc candidate from Chandigarh Manish Tewari today targeted his BJP rival Sanjay Tandon asking him to produce the balance sheet of his ten years' tenure. Besides, he added, Tandon owes it to the people of Chandigarh for more reasons, as he was the Chandigarh BJP president for eight years during this period.
Replying to a question about Tandon launching personal attacks against him, Tewari observed, "this is the sign of panic and frustration as the BJP candidate had nothing else to speak against me as I have a flawless record of achievements in four decades of public life including two terms as an MP and once as a union minister".
"When you do not have anything against your opponent, then you resort to personal attacks using creative imagination", Tewari remarked, while pointing out, he was running away from debate.
Asked to comment on Tandon's remarks describing him as "high headed" and that is why he would not debate with him, Tewari said, this was another low by Tandon. "What he forgets is that every BJP leader from Prime Minister Narednra Modi downwards has debated critical national issues with me over the decades", he said, while asking, "would he (Tandon) use the same terminology for them (the senior BJP leaders) also?"
The Congress leader disclosed that most of the BJP leaders he has met have only one word to describe Sanjay Tandon, that he is an "arrogant" person. "This is like the pot calling the kettle black", he remarked.
Tewari observed that there was a reason for Tandon running away from the debate as he did not have any answers to what he did as the UT BJP president for 8 years when his party was in power in all the places. "He is promising now, what anyone in his position would have done during ten years", Tewari observed, while asking, "who will trust him now after ten years of doing nothing".
"Tandon is only trying to hide his incompetence as he neither has any answers what the BJP did during the last ten years for Chandigarh, nor has he anything to claim credit for as what he achieved as the BJP president for eight years", he said,adding, "just resorting to malicious personal attacks cannot provide him any escape routes as people are asking for answers".
Reaffirms doubling of free ration
Earlier in the morning, Tewari carried out a 'padyatra' (foot march) in the Kishangarh area of the city interacting with people and seeking their vote. He also listened to their problems, promising to get these resolved at the earliest.
During a series of public meetings in different parts of the city, Tewari reaffirmed his party's commitment to double the free ration being provided to the poor. He said, while the free ration was started by the Congress in 2013 under the Food Security Act/Right to Food Act, the Modi government had not added even a single kg to it. He said, once the INDIA government is formed at the centre the free ration will be doubled from 5 kgs currently to 10 kgs.
He also said that the INDIA government will also provide Rs 8500 monthly cash assistance to all the poor families across the country.
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