Rohtak, Nov. 7 -- Haryana Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday said Union home minister Amit Shah should have addressed the state's law and order situation during his visit to Haryana, alleging that the state had emerged as one of the worst performers on several crime-related indicators.

Addressing a press conference, Hooda said the Centre's Social Progress Index had identified Haryana as the country's most unsafe state. He also cited National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data to claim that Haryana figured among the leading states in cases of rape, murder, kidnapping, extortion and firing incidents.

"Instead of addressing these pressing issues, the BJP leaders engage in irrelevant rhetoric because, despite being...