Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday assured that the State Government would conduct a free and fair probe into the Una incident and the case is already transferred to the CID.

His statement came on the third day of monsoon session of Himachal Assembly, ending the two-day stalemate in the House over the issue.

As the House Assembly on Wednesday, Leader of Opposition (LoP) Mukesh Agnihotri raised the issue, alleging a political conspiracy into the matter.

“We did not attend the House proceedings for the last two days in protest against the Una incident, he said.

Notably, the opposition Congress MLAs led by leader of opposition Mukesh Agnihotri had staged a walkout from state Assembly during the last two days over the arrest of the personal staff of party leader and Una MLA Satpal Raizada.

The Congress had demanded the transfer of Una Superintendent of Police for being part of a “political conspiracy” to defame the lawmaker and the Congress party.

Six heliports to be constructed in HP

Six heliports will be built in Himachal Pradesh at a cost of over Rs 28 crore, the Chief Minister said while responding to a question by Nadaun MLA Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu in the state Assembly.

Thakur said that six heliports would be constructed in the state at a cost of Rs 28.8 crore. Three of them will be built in Shimla district at Banredu near Sanjauli-Dhalli bypass, Rampur and Nathpa-Jhakri.

One heliport each will be constructed at Kangnidhar in Mandi district, Baddi in Solan and Centre for Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE) Manali in Kullu district, he added.

Posts of over 300 doctors 1100 nurses vacant

Posts of over 300 doctors and 1,100 staff nurses are lying vacant in Himachal Pradesh, state Health and Family Welfare Minister Vipin Singh Parmar told the State Assembly.

Replying to the queries raised by Congress MLA Mohan Lal Brakta and BJP's Vinod Kumar during Question Hour, the Health Minister informed the Assembly that the posts of 319 doctors and 1106 staff nurses are lying vacant in the state.

590 doctors had been appointed from August 1, last year to July 31, this year while no staff member was appointed during the period. The appointment of medical staff is an ongoing process, the Minister said.