Union residence minister Amit Shah on Thursday took potshots on the earlier Haryana authorities as he heaped praises on chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar “for not allowing corruption” and “ending hooliganism” throughout the state.

Shah stated Congress’ Bhupinder Singh Hooda used to steer a “3D government” of ‘darbaris’, ‘damad’ and ‘vendor’. Hooda had served because the Haryana chief minister from 2005-2014.

Addressing a rally in Faridabad, Shah stated, “Recall the Haryana that existed eight years ago. When one government used to come, there used to be corruption and when the next government used to come, hooliganism used to rise. The ML Khattar-led BJP government did not allow corruption and made Haryana safe by ending hooliganism.”

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“There was Hooda ji’s ‘3D govt’ in the end. You must have seen 3D films but only Hooda ji showed 3D government in entire India. It had ‘darbaris’, ‘damad’ and ‘dealer’,” he added.

Shah additionally congratulated Khattar for finishing eight “glorious” years of governance. “When he became CM, I was BJP chief. When he came to meet me after the polls, I asked him who should be CM. He told me 15 names except his own. Such a man has been governing and developing Haryana for the last 8 years,” he added.

Shah laid the muse stone of the Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor and inaugurated three different tasks in Faridabad value 6,629 crore. “PM (Narendra) Modi has sent Diwali gifts,” he stated after the inauguration.

The tasks had been inaugurated nearly from an occasion on the Parade Ground in Sector 12. Manohar Lal Khattar and his deputy Dushyant Chautala, and Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had been among the many attendees.

(With ANI inputs)