Ravinder Sood
Palampur, Janaury 11
Mukesh Agnihotri, Leader of the Opposition, today said that the two-year rule of the BJP in Himachal Pradesh was a 'total failure'. The government failed to fulfil election promises made to people such as a clean administration, better roads, clean drinking water and employment to the youth. As a result, people were getting disillusioned with the Jai Ram Thakur government, he added.
No steps taken to mobilise revenue
The debt of the state has crossed Rs50,000 crore and the government has taken no measures for revenue mobilisation in the past two years. Public funds are being used to purchase expensive vehicles, sponsor unnecessary foreign tours and providing luxuries, while RSS leaders, some select officers and contractors are ruling the roost.
Mukesh Agnihotri, leader of the opposition
Agnihotri was addressing a rally of Congress workers on the occasion of the launch of a statewide campaign against the 'failures of the BJP government'. He said that the Congress would organise such rallies in all Assembly constituencies to apprise people about the misdeeds and anti-people policies of the government.
He said that in the past two years corruption had touched new highs, and it had become very difficult for people to get their works done in government offices. Politicians were patronising the mining and drug mafia. He added that honest and hardworking officers had been sidelined by the government while corrupt officials had been given key postings.
He said that the Congress would hand over documents about 'scams' and 'failures' of the Jai Ram Thakur government along with credible evidence to the Governor to demand appropriate action against the BJP government, he added.
He said that anti-social elements were trapping adolescents, school students and unemployed youths by offering different types of intoxicants and drugs and the government was unable to deal with the situation. He added that now even heroine (chitta) was easily available in the state. In the past one year, the police had seized 8.5 kg of 'chitta' in the state.
"The debt of the state has crossed Rs 50,000 crore and the government has taken no measures for revenue mobilisation in the past two years. Public funds are being used to buy expensive vehicles, sponsor unnecessary foreign tours and providing luxuries, while RSS leaders, some select officers and contractors are ruling the roost," he alleged.
Agnihotri said that the government had increased the tax burden on people by raising the prices of diesel and petrol. The prices of onion, vegetables and pulses were skyrocketing but the government had been a mute spectator and busy making announcements, he added. The number of registered unemployed had swelled to 8.5 lakh while thousands of posts were lying vacant in key departments such as education, health, public works, irrigation and public health, agriculture, horticulture and HPSEB, which are facing an acute shortage of staff.
Ashish Butail, local MLA, said that the state government had adopted the pick and choose policy in the allocation of funds and the Assembly constituencies represented by Congress MLAs were being denied funds for development activities.
Courtesy: Tribune News Service
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