Himachalis in a mood to
oust Congress: Verma

BJP National Vice-President Shri Sahib Singh Verma, has said that rampant corruption and inefficiency of the Congress governments at the Centre and in the State would ensure that Congress was voted out of power in Himachal.

He was addressing BJP leaders and workers from all over the State, who staged a dharna outside the Himachal Assembly at Shimla on March 6. It was his first visit to the State after being made incharge of party affairs in the State. People, he said, were fed up with the Congress misrule in the State and had already made up their mind to vote for the BJP. “Ministers in the Virbhadra Government are facing serious corruption charges while the State is reeling under the impact of a severe financial crisis,” he alleged.

Shri Verma said the people were already realising the mistake they made by giving mandate to Congress as development work had practically ceased. “When they compare the work done during the rule of Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal and Shri Virbhadra Singh, they realise their folly as development work in the State has come to a standstill and despite the Congress being in power at the Centre, no financial help was extended to the State,” he said.

Shri Verma promised that in case the BJP formed the government in Delhi he would ensure a better deal for apple and other fruit growers of Himachal Pradesh. Former Chief Minister and Leader of BJP Legislature Party, Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal said the financial position of the State had worsened under the Virbhadra regime and no steps had been taken to pull the State out of it.

State BJP President, Shri Suresh Bhardwaj, MP said by signing the MoU on fiscal reforms with the Centre, the State had virtually blocked all avenues of employment generation. On its part, Congress government at the Centre too had failed to bail the State out of the financial crisis.