Union Home Minister Amit Shah complimented Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal for completing eight years in his office and felicitated him for bringing about holistic development of the state. 

"The Haryana Government under the leadership of Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal has done commendable work of transforming Haryana in these 8 years.  After a long time, since independence, Haryana has got such an honest and dedicated Chief Minister," said the Union Home Minister addressing a gathering in Faridabad.

During his visit the union minister laid the foundation stone of the Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor Project costing about Rs 5,618 crore and inaugurated Rail Coach Refurbishment Factory at Barhi in Sonipat district costing Rs 590 crore. 

The Union Home Minister also inaugurated the country's first longest elevated railway track built at Rohtak at a cost of Rs 315.40 crore. Along with this, the Haryana Police residence complex at Bhondsi built at the cost of Rs 106 crore was also inaugurated by him. 

"If we recall the previous regime, corruption and lawlessness used to be the main issues but since the time Manohar Lal led government has taken the charge, not only did the corruption and lawlessness has ended but the state has also progressed swiftly on the path of development to bring Haryana to the top," said the Union Home Minister.

He said the chief minister has taken care of all sections. While comparing the working style of the Manohar Lal government with the previous governments, Sh. Shah said that the tenure of our government in these eight years will always have an upper hand over the 50-year rule of previous governments.

He said that Haryana is the first state which has become smoke-free.  Every house in Haryana has a gas stove.  Haryana ranks second in terms of food grains and milk production. 

Haryana has stood first in National Games and Olympics.  The State has also become the first to have an educated Panchayat in the country.  Entire Haryana is open-defecation-free.  Haryana has been ahead in every field with a growth rate of more than 6 percent.  The growth rate of manufacturing has been 10 percent," said the Union Home Minister while sharing the list of achievements made by the State Government. 

He said ten years ago Haryana had no identity in software exports, but today Haryana has become the second state in software export. Almost 400 Fortune companies of the world are working in Haryana. Eight years ago, Haryana was ranked 16th in exports, but now it is at number seven in terms of exports. Haryana has secured the second position in the country under the 'landlocked category' in the Niti Aayog's Export Preparedness Index.