Chandigarh, 6 February 2026*
Aam Aadmi Party’s National Media In-charge Anurag Dhanda strongly condemned the baseless statements made by Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh while standing on Punjab’s soil. He said that the statements were not only far from facts but were a deliberate attempt to mislead the public and divert attention from the failures and scams of the BJP government in Haryana. The Chief Minister’s attitude on sensitive issues such as floods, farmers’ compensation and assistance to labourers is extremely irresponsible. A government that has failed to deliver justice to farmers and workers in its own state has no moral right to preach to others. Dhanda further said that today in Punjab, CM Nayab Singh admitted that the BJP government shut down Mohalla Clinics in Delhi after coming to power. This clearly shows that BJP does not provide public facilities; it shuts them down.
He said the biggest example is the approximately ₹1,500 crore work-slip scam in Haryana’s Labour Department, which exposed a historic betrayal of poor workers. In the Haryana Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, more than 5.46 lakh out of nearly 6 lakh work slips were found fake — over 90% irregularities. Out of 2.21 lakh registrations, only 14,240 were genuine. Benefits such as maternity assistance, education aid and scholarships were withdrawn in the names of fake workers, with an average of ₹2–2.5 lakh per person, while real workers are still running from office to office. This scam is not the mistake of a small employee but the result of an organized corrupt system backed by political protection.
Dhanda said that from 2014 to 2024, Manohar Lal Khattar was the Chief Minister of Haryana and after March 2024, Nayab Singh Saini became CM, but despite the change in leadership, the character of the BJP government did not change. From Khattar to Saini, scams remained a part of governance. In the past 11 years, more than 20 major scams have surfaced in Haryana, with losses worth thousands of crores confirmed by CAG reports, court observations, ED and vigilance investigations, and FIRs.
He said the biggest example is looting in the mining sector. In Nuh district, illegal mining caused a loss of more than ₹2,000 crore to the government, where over 800 million tonnes of minerals were extracted from the Aravalli hills. In Bhiwani’s Dadam area, investigations confirmed a loss of about ₹1,200 crore, and seven workers died in the 2022 landslide. According to CAG reports, illegal mining and royalty theft in the Aravalli region caused losses of over ₹5,000 crore, while the NGT imposed a fine of ₹66 crore. In Yamunanagar, more than 860 FIRs were registered for illegal mining in 2025, yet the mafia remained fearless.
He said there was also a massive scam in paddy procurement in the name of farmers. In 2025, FIRs in Karnal and other districts revealed that 24,431 quintals of paddy worth about ₹6.31 crore disappeared from records in a single mill. By using fake gate passes and showing cheap paddy from other states at MSP, total losses were estimated at over ₹4,000 crore. Farmers kept struggling for payments while mafias and mill owners remained safe.
Dhanda said the biggest injustice to Haryana’s youth came through recruitment scams. Between 2014 and 2024, more than 20 recruitment scams surfaced in HTET, HSSC, HPSC and police recruitment. Over 29 FIRs were registered and several exams had to be cancelled. In 2025, a fake recruitment website scam targeting youth also surfaced, proving that the corrupt network is still active.
He said these scams directly affected Haryana’s economic condition. Since 2014, the state’s debt has risen to about ₹4 lakh crore by 2024-25. The question is: where did this money go? Neither government schools improved, nor hospitals, nor farmers’ income increased, nor youth got permanent employment. Clearly, this debt was spent not on development but on corruption and loot.
Dhanda said that in this background, CM Nayab Singh Saini giving lectures in Punjab on flood compensation and central assistance is hypocritical. When thousands of acres of crops were destroyed in Haryana, hundreds of villages were affected and farmers did not receive full and timely compensation, the Chief Minister remained silent. Even today, many farmers do not know whether they will receive compensation. In contrast, the AAP government in Punjab ensured up to ₹20,000 per acre compensation for crop loss, ₹4 lakh assistance to families of the deceased, and direct payments through a transparent online system.
He said statements like “People of Punjab have made up their mind” reflect arrogance and disconnect from reality. People are intelligent and know who worked during crises and who only gave speeches. CM Saini’s hollow statements cannot change the truth.
AAP demands an impartial investigation into labour, mining, paddy procurement, recruitment and all major scams since 2014 under CBI or High Court monitoring, regardless of the position of the accused. A strict and transparent mining policy should be implemented to protect the Aravallis and rivers, and a white paper should be issued on the ₹4 lakh crore debt. AAP stands with farmers, workers and youth. This is not a fight for power but a fight to free Haryana from corruption and loot. The BJP government must answer when this mountain of scams and debt accumulated over 11 years will finally collapse.
