Himachal Pradesh Congress attacks BJP government before start of monsoon session

SHIMLA: Before the start of Monsoon Session of state assembly, Congress is trying to corner chief minister Jai Ram Thakur led government on issues like debt burden on the state, signing of MoU on setting up cement plant in the state and attracting industrial investment to the state. While state Congress president Kuldeep Singh Thakur has demanded white paper on expanses being incurred on the government, the leader of opposition Mukesh Agnihotri has questioned the MoU signed for cement plant.
Kuldeep Singh Rathore said that increasing loan burden is a matter of concern and blamed “financial mismanagement” of BJP government for this. He said that state government should reduce its expanses or it should bring special financial package from centre.
He said that loans are being taken every month in the name of cleaning bills of employees but instead same is being spent on the comfort and luxury of government. He said that no one is paying attention towards the developmental works. He claimed that developmental projects being inaugurated now were actually started during previous Congress regime.
He said that on side condition of roads is very poor while on other side government is paying no attention on the marketing problem of apple faced by farmers.
Mukesh Agnihotri said that MoU for cement plant was recently signed at Chandigarh while as per the rule international bids are required to be called for this. He said that cement plant cannot be set up by signing MoU in a room as Centre has amended the rules for this and special prerogative of state government to set up cement plant has been scrapped.
He also questioned the MoUs signed to set up Solar projects in the state. He said that in the era of competition only the tendering process should have been adopted.