The Congress-ruled Himachal Pradesh government led by Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Saturday presented a Rs 58,444 crore budget for the financial year 2024-25
In his first response to the state budget presented by Chief Minister Sukhwinder Sukhu on Saturday, the Leader of Opposition in the Himachal Assembly, Jairam Thakur, on Saturday said the former and his party are 'infamous' for making 'false guarantees'.
Targeting the Sukhvinder Sukhu-led Congress government in Himachal, former Chief Minister Jairam Thakur said that the government has nothing to show for its one-year tenure.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has expressed grief over the demise of Kamal Kant Batra, mother of Param Vir Chakra recipient Captain Vikram Batra. She died at Palampur in Kangra district on Wednesday. She was 77.
Incharge of Himachal Pradesh Congress Rajiv Shukla, Co-Incharge Himachal Pradesh Congress Tejinder Bittu, former Chief Minister of Chhatisgarh Bhupesh Baghel, Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Pratibha Singh and all three independent MLAs of State Assembly also attended the meeting.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has given directions for constituting a committee under the chairmanship of Special Secretary (Health) to look into the grievances and demands of the medical officers of the state
Taking potshots at the Sukhwinder-Sukhu-led government, Former Chief Minister and opposition leader Jai Ram Thakur expressed concern over the deteriorating condition of the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh Pradesh within just one year.
"Reached Indira Gandhi Medical College in Shimla today to inquire about the well-being of senior Congress leader and former minister Smt. Vidya Stokes. May God give him a speedy recovery," Sukhu wrote in a post on X.