Senior BJP leader and member of BJP’s National Council Sanjay Tandon on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari, stating that despite being in office as MP for two years, the Congress leader has completely failed to fulfill the promises and guarantees he made to the people of Chandigarh during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Tandon said, “It is clear that the MP had misled people and garnered votes by making tall promises and offering fake guarantees. Two years later, the people are demanding answers and holding him accountable for those unfulfilled commitments. Non-performance is the only highlight of the MP’s two-year report card.”
Notably, Tewari had won by a slender margin against Sanjay Tandon after counting of votes had taken place on June 4, 2024.
Tandon said that when the MP sought votes, he prominently campaigned on the Congress’s ‘Guarantee Card’ and ‘Paanch Nyay’ agenda, particularly the promise under ‘Nari Nyay’ to provide financial assistance of ₹1 lakh annually to every woman belonging to a poor family. However, two years have elapsed, but this much-publicized guarantee seems to have been totally forgotten by Tewari.
“The reality is that for the MP, these promises were always political slogans aimed at getting votes, rather than actionable commitments,” he said.
Tandon said that in continuation of his earlier demand seeking Manish Tewari’s resignation following the breakdown of the Congress-AAP alliance, the same has become even more relevant today because despite the passage of two years, Tewari has failed to fulfill even a single major promise made to Chandigarh’s electorate.
“People are rapidly losing hope that the MP will deliver on any of his commitments. Most of the time he remains out of station and has increasingly earned the reputation of being a ‘Weekend MP’,” Tandon remarked. “This has left the city residents in the lurch,” added Tandon.