Chandigarh, Jan. 26 -- Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday accused the ruling BJP of misleading the public in the name of budget.

Referring to the pre-budget suggestions being sought by the Haryana government from public and the opposition, the Leader of the Opposition said it was an exercise to cover up its failures. "The government repeatedly asks for suggestions from the opposition regarding the budget and we have sent several important suggestions to this government, focusing on public welfare. But the BJP government has failed to act on any of them," Hooda said in a statement.

The former CM said the state's economy was in shambles with a skyrocketing debt. "In the last 11 years, the BJP government has neit...