Chandigarh, Sep 8 (PTI) The Congress' first list of 32 candidates for the October 5 Haryana Assembly elections has some "tainted" faces and people know that giving power in their hands "can be very dangerous", senior BJP leader Anil Vij claimed on Sunday. The 71-year-old also expressed confidence that the BJP would return to govern Haryana with a full majority. The six-time MLA and former minister said he went through the Congress list, released on Friday, and added, "It includes some tainted faces".
"And people know that giving power in the hands of such people can be very dangerous," the Ambala Cantonment MLA said. The Congress has renominated all 28 incumbent MLAs. Vij said, "One of them (in the Congress list) -- Surender Panwar -- the MLA from Sonipat, is in jail after his arrest by the ED.
" Panwar was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in July in an illegal mining-linked money-laundering case. "Panwar is not the only 'daagi (tainted)' in the list. Even Bhupinder Singh Hooda (renominated from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi) is facing cases.
Their (Ferozepur Jhirkha) MLA Mamman Khan faces a case in connection with the Nuh violence," the BJP leader alleged. Khan was arrested last year and subsequently released on bail. "Another Congress MLA, from Samalkha, Dharam Singh Chhoker, to whom they have again given a ticket, faces an ED case.
.. This is the Congress' face," Vij said.
He also attacked the Congress on farmers' issues. The Congress claims to be pro-farmer "but it was dur.