Censuring the Haryana government’s decision to legitimise the controversial land deal between Robert Vadra, Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law, and real estate giant DLF, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday said that the BJP would consider repealing the deal if it came to power in that State.

“What was the great hurry in green-lighting the deal…we will certainly think of negating the deal with objective consideration once we come to power in Haryana,” said Mr. Prasad, speaking to reporters here.

On a three-day tour of the State, Mr. Prasad stated that if the people could unseat the Congress at the Centre by giving Prime Minister Narendra Modi a massive mandate, then the Congress and its erstwhile ally, the Nationalist Congress Party, could expect no such mercy in Maharashtra.

“The cooperatives in the State have failed. Maharashtra’s productivity has drastically come down. The Congress and Sharad Pawar have given nothing but 15 years of misrule,” Mr. Prasad remarked, adding that the Maharashtra was in “sore need of stability and good governance” which only the BJP could provide.

He refuted suggestions that Mr. Modi was on a blitz campaign in Maharashtra as the BJP lacked a Chief Ministerial face in the State.

“It is just that Mr. Modi is a highly communicative PM. He wants to outline his vision for the country and Maharashtra’s role in it,” said Mr. Prasad.