The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, speaking to the media in Shimla on Tuesday, accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of politicising the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG) issue and asserted that the Congress high command would decide the party's candidate for the
Leader of Opposition and former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday accused the state government of misleading people by presenting "wrong figures" in the Assembly over the discontinuation of the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG), alleging that the ruling dispensation was
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu criticised opposition BJP MLAs on Wednesday after they refused to support a government resolution seeking the restoration of the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG).
The Himachal Pradesh Assembly witnessed dramatic scenes and repeated disruptions on Wednesday after Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu began replying to a discussion on a government resolution moved under Rule 102 regarding the situation arising from the discontinuation of the Revenue
The Himachal Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday passed a government resolution urging the Union Government to restore the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG), amid uproar and slogan-shouting by the Opposition BJP, which expressed dissatisfaction with Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's reply.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday announced the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe alleged benami land transactions in Gagret and around Gaggal Airport.
"Why so much haste to get a discussion on RDG?" Thakur asked, insisting that the House should first take up the Motion of Thanks as per established convention. "We want the Motion of Thanks to be brought first. What is the hurry?"
An all-party meeting was convened before the session began, chaired by Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania. The meeting was attended by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Harshvardhan Chauhan, Deputy Chief Whip Kewal Singh Pathania, Leader of Opposition Jairam Thakur, and BJP Legislature
Speaking to mediapersons in Shimla after the opening day of the Budget Session of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly, Sukhu said that governors in the past too had skipped portions of the address.
Himachal Pradesh Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla and Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu greeted the people of the state on the eve of Shivratri this Saturday, conveying their best wishes on the auspicious occasion.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Saturday inaugurated and laid foundation stones of seven development projects worth about Rs 32 crore at Sarahan of Pachhad assembly segment in Sirmaur district.
Remembering the State's first Chief Minister, YS Parmar, the Chief Minister said that he enacted Section 118 of the law to protect the interests of the people of Himachal Pradesh, and the current State government is following in his footsteps. He said that the state had been receiving the