Kalia posed five questions to Jakhar and demands reply from him

Pathankot, Oct 2: Former Punjab Minister and senior BJP leader Manoranjan Kalia today launched a scathing attack on the Congress candidate for Gurdapur Lok Sabha bypoll Sunil Jakhar, putting forth a questionnaire seeking answers from him. Addressing mediapersons here, Mr Kalia asked how much development took place in Abohar when he was the MLA from there. “You were given an opportunity thrice by the electorate of Abohar, what did you do for its development?” Cornering Mr Jakhar over the issue of sand and gravel prices, Mr Kalia asked whether he is satisfied with the prices that are prevalent. “As the then leader of the opposition Sunil Jakhar never missed an opportunity to raise hue and cry over the prices of sands and gravels. Why is he mum now when the prices of sand and gravel have increased manifold during Congress regime?” On the mining scam, Mr Kalia asked Mr Jakhar as to why he has chosen to remain silent. “The involvement of relatives of a minister and 11 MLAs in mining contracts is an open secret. Does Jakhar’s silence indicate a conflict of interest?” Mr Kalia also asked if he agreed with the Haque panel report. “The report recommends rationalization of power subsidy, especially for farmers owning more than 10 acres of agriculture land. Is it not a backdoor attempt to levy power tariff on agriculture?” Taking a dig at Jakhar over the issue of farm loan waiver, Kalia asked as to why he did not impress upon the Congress government to issue the notification of farm debt waiver before the imposition of code of conduct for Gurdaspur parliamentary by-election. “It was in public domain that the Gurdaspur by-poll would take place in the month of September-October, then why did not Jakhar act fast?” he asked. UNI