BJP misleading public on issue of closure of institutions in HP: Congress

Shillai MLA Harshwardhan Chauhan, Kasumpti MLA Anirudh Singh and Jubbal-Kotkhai legislator Rohit Thakur alleged that the BJP government had opened and upgraded at least 900 offices and institutions in the last six months of its tenure

The Congress on Monday accused the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of trying to mislead the people of Himachal Pradesh over offices and institutions de-notified by the state government.

A delegation of Dhronk village of Kotkhai area meeting Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu in Shimla on Monday. (ANI)

Addressing a joint press conference in Shimla, Shillai MLA Harshwardhan Chauhan, Kasumpti MLA Anirudh Singh and Jubbal-Kotkhai legislator Rohit Thakur alleged that the BJP government had opened and upgraded at least 900 offices and institutions in the last six months of its tenure.

“These offices and institutes were opened without budgetary provisions in gross violation of rules and were red-flagged by the finance department,” said Congress MLAs.

They also alleged that the previous government had pushed the state into a financial mess with its debt burden mounting to ₹75,000 crore.

The Congress MLAs claimed that at some places, the new institutions were opened in cowsheds and temporary structures without any staff.

“The Congress government intends to change this system. Several of these institutions have been de-notified and if need arises, these institutions and offices will be reopened after making proper budgetary provisions,” they said.