BJP President JP Nadda on Saturday alleged that the Congress Government in Himachal Pradesh has failed to utilise the funds allocated by the Centre and therefore has no right to remain in power, accusing the State administration of functioning with a carefree mindset.
“Congress Government in Himachal Pradesh is working with a mindset of “Khao Piya Mauj karo, aage kisne dekha hai (indulge in merry making, who has seen the future),” he said and stressed that “double engine Government is the only way to ensure development of the State”.
Addressing an event, Nadda accused the State Government of corruption and misutilisation of funds given by the Centre under various heads, including building of houses, repair of roads and smart city.
Refuting the allegations of the Congress Government that the Centre is not giving enough funds to the State, Nadda claimed, “ Rs 3,789 crore were given for disaster relief, over Rs 1,000 crore for Smart Cities besides funds for Vibrant Village development, medical colleges, AIIMS Bilaspur, a bulk drug park, four-lane highways and developed Baddi as a pharmaceutical hub in the State yet the Congress continues to spread falsehoods and mislead the innocent people of Himachal.”
Targeting the Sukhu-led Government for its incompetence, he claimed that the Centre has sent over Rs 2,000 crore as special assistance and approved Rs 1,442 crore under JICA funding, but the Congress Government utilised only about 50 per cent of the funds in several schemes.
Taking a jibe at the Congress, Nadda said that Himachal’s treasury is frequently shut, the entire administration runs on ad-hoc arrangements with the chief secretary and director general of police working on additional charge and there is no coordination between the chief minister and his ministers.
The Congress Government has not brought even a single concrete project to the Centre, he said, and called upon BJP workers to take these facts and truths to every village and town, so that the “people of Himachal can free themselves from Congress misrule” and move decisively towards development and good governance.
Nadda alleged that “earlier the Government used to come to power with the support of all but used to be limited to a particular caste, segment and religion, but 11 years back Prime Minister Narendra Modi changed the political scenario of the country by becoming the ‘Pradhan Sevak’ of the nation and moved from Rajpath to Kartavya Path.”
He said the “BJP Government is a performance (report-card) based government, what it promised, it delivered and in contrast, the UPA politics revolved around casteism, appeasement and nepotism, while BJP politics is rooted in accountability and good governance.”
State BJP president Rajiv Bindal said that Congress was reduced to only six seats in Bihar, which is proof of its declining credibility and claimed that the same situation will prevail in the upcoming 2027 Himachal Pradesh assembly elections, where the Congress will not even reach double digits and will be reduced to only two seats.
