Himachal Pradesh Leader of the Opposition Jai Ram Thakur on Sunday launched a scathing attack against the state government led by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, stating that it has failed on every front in the past six months. Sukhu had taken oath as CM of the state in December last year.
“Six months of this government will be known only for its failures. The Sukhu government of Congress, which came to power by giving 10 guarantees, has forgotten the interests of the people of Himachal Pradesh and is only taking anti-people decisions. There is disappointment in this government in the whole state,” Thakur said. “Congress government, which came to power by guaranteeing jobs to lakhs of people, fired 6,000 outsourced employees as soon as they came to power. Outsourced employees did not get a salary for four to five months. Employees of six boards and corporations are also not getting salaries, they are threatening agitation. The government shattered by the arrogance of power did not even understand what would happen to the families of these employees,” he added.
Thakur also said that the current state government in its tenure has so far taken a loan of Rs 7,000 crores. The LoP further said that currently, Himachal Pradesh has a Rs 1,000 crore overdraft, a situation that the state has never witnessed before. “The people who came to power in the name of system change have ruined Himachal Pradesh,” he said.
The BJP leader also alleged that development works have come to a standstill in the state in the past six months. “All the construction works from road to hospital, from school to bridge are stuck. The work started by our government has also stopped. The projects for which we had made provision for money. Even after the completion of those works, their money is not being released. MLA funds were increased in our time so that the work of the public could be done easily but the Sukhu government also banned the MLA fund,” he said. “Due to this the government and even the legislators are not able to do any development work for the public…Within six months, the people of Himachal are crying foul. There is an atmosphere of disappointment towards the government everywhere,” he added.
