Don’t blame BJP, focus on work: LoP to Sukhu

Shimla: Former chief minister and leader of opposition in Himachal Pradesh assembly Jairam Thakur on Monday said instead of blaming the BJP for the economic crisis, Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress govt should focus on development.
Thakur said the Congress govt had taken nearly Rs 30,000-crore loan in its two-year tenure and it should give an account of the money spent to the public. The previous BJP govt only took Rs 19,000 crore loan in its five-year tenure, he added. The senior leader accused the CM of hiding his failures by blaming the previous BJP govt. “He is the first chief minister who has got into the habit of lying every day. He has never been a minister in the govt before and he has no experience of running a govt,” said Thakur.
In the Congress govt, first a notification is issued and then two days later the officials try to correct it by issuing a back-dated notification, claimed Thakur. “Every day the chief minister comes up with new strategies to impose a tax burden on the public” he said. tnn