Off The Cuff with Manohar Lal Khattar

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar was in conversation with ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta and Senior Associate Editor Chitleen K. Sethi in Chandigarh. The chief minister, who is set to face elections within weeks, comfortably fielded a volley of questions – from communal intolerance to ‘cow mafia’ and vendetta politics, among others.

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Off The Cuff with Manohar Lal Khattar

From left: Shekhar Gupta, editor-in-chief, ThePrint; Chitleen Sethi, senior associate editor, ThePrint; Manohar Lal Khattar, chief minister of Haryana

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Off The Cuff with Manohar Lal Khattar

“Congress created fear in the hearts of Muslims. I got a terrific response from Muslims during my yatra in Mewat,” said Khattar. Read the full report.

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Off The Cuff with Manohar Lal Khattar

“Haryana is a progressive state but why is it that we never talk about its economy?” asked advocate Rajneesh Malhotra.

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Off The Cuff with Manohar Lal Khattar

“Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah have said that I am the CM candidate. So, it is quite evident,” said Khattar on the upcoming Assembly polls in Haryana.

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Off The Cuff with Manohar Lal Khattar

Harjeet Singh is a Panjab University student from Rohtak. He asked the CM two questions. How can Haryana improve its government schools and what can be done to help the farmers with irrigation, asked Singh.

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Off The Cuff with Manohar Lal Khattar

This edition of Off The Cuff was held in Chandigarh.

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Off The Cuff with Manohar Lal Khattar

Kanwalpreet Kaur is a professor of political science at Chandigarh’s DAV College. She complimented the chief minister on the reduced instances of female foeticides in Haryana, and asked why a good project such as Edusat was discontinued.

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Off The Cuff with Manohar Lal Khattar

“If in a month 4-5 cases happen they are caught by the media and media can take these cases to any extent as they have divine power. Rapes did take place, but they were blown out of proportion by the media. Did these rapes not take place in 2012? The number was more or less the same,” said Khattar.

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Off The Cuff with Manohar Lal Khattar

Manohar Lal Khattar posed with ThePrint team after the event.

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Off The Cuff with Manohar Lal Khattar

From left: Shekhar Gupta; Chitleen Sethi; Manohar Lal Khattar; Amarinder Singh, principal client relations, IIFL Wealth

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Off The Cuff with Manohar Lal Khattar

From left: Shekhar Gupta; Manohar Lal Khattar; Ravinder Taneja, chairman, TDI; Akshay Taneja, MD, TDI Infratech

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Off The Cuff with Manohar Lal Khattar

Additional Solicitor General of India Satya Pal Jain said that the Khattar govt had transformed the image of the state’s leaders who were earlier considered ‘Ayaram Gayarams’.

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“I met Baba Ram Rahim (Singh) in Karnal. He said we can work for Swachhta Abhiyan. As it was for a good cause, a date was fixed and we shared the stage also. He did a lot of good work. After that we haven’t met,” said Khattar.