CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar ruled out the possibility of a snap election before October 2019, when his government completes five years, saying he will again contest from the Karnal Assembly constituency “though there are at least 15 places where people want me to contest from.” In a recent interview, he said there would be no Cabinet reshuffle in the near future. “If rumours were to be believed, we would have had 12 Cabinet reshuffles by now.”
He also spoke in support of Health Minister Anil Vij, who kicked off a controversy recently by advising “everyone to join the RSS for some time.” Khattar said there was nothing wrong in what Vij said, “Joining the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh for some time will only make people disciplined. A similar objective could also be achieved if people were to attend shakhas,” he said. Khattar said his government was particularly concerned about the rise in incidents of crime in Gurugram. A task force of 1000 plus night patrol personnel will soon be permanently stationed there. “A force of 1400 out of 4200 police personnel who have passed out of the Police Training Academy will be posting there. Besides, CCTV cameras are being installed all over the city,” he added.
A team of three senior police officials, who visited Israel with him recently “discussed the problem with security experts there and would shortly implement various measures to reduce crime in Gurugram”, the CM said.
