The ruling Congress here is banking on the image of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and development works done by its government to regain hold on the Municipal Corporation of Faridabad, which has 35 wards.
The principal Opposition party, the INLD, is canvassing on the plank of "failure" of the government on all fronts. Organising secretary of the Haryana Congress and former president of the district unit Gulsan Bagga claimed that it was the image of the Chief Minister coupled with the development works done by his government which will enable the Congress to win the civic polls.
With regard to Faridabad, he said Faridabad was way behind other cities in terms of development on account of its "deliberate" neglect by non-Congress governments.
With regard to complaints of short supply of water and electricity, he said these problems were not new but the Congress government was taking effective steps to deal with these.
The BJP's district Faridabad president, Gopal Sharma, and the district head of the INLD, Anita Goswami, ridiculed the claims of the the Congress. They said the civic amenities were poor and the officialdom had no fear of the authorities.
The Opposition also criticised the Congress government for "betraying" the voters by re-imposing the house tax it had abolished during its previopus tenure.
Source: The Tribune By Ravi S Singh Congress' flip-flop in Faridabad
