Panchkula, May 6 -- Accusing the BJP of resorting to "corruption", Congress' Rajya Sabha member Randeep Surjewala on Tuesday said that the state government "lacked intent" to work in public interest. Addressing a gathering at the Panchkula Bar Association, Surjewala, while seeking support for party's mayoral candidate Sudha Bhardwaj, said, "The BJP has no real commitment to development."

The Panchkula municipal corporation polls are slated for May 10. "The state government has become synonymous with scams, with one controversy following another," he said while questioning why Panchkula has "failed" to emerge as an industrial, IT, medical or tourism hub like Mohali.

"The government lacks the intent to work in the public interest. It does...