Shimla, Jul 25 (PTI) Himachal Pradesh BJP President Rajeev Bindal and Leader of Opposition Jairam Thakur jointly announced on Saturday that the party will launch a statewide agitation against the anti-people policies and unfulfilled promises of the ruling Congress government.
The decision was taken during a special meeting of the party’s senior leadership at the BJP state headquarters, Deep Kamal, Shimla on Saturday.
Bindal said the statewide movement will begin in August from the Mandal level and will subsequently expand to Assembly constituencies, district headquarters and finally the state level.
“BJP workers will reach every village and every section of the society to expose Congress government’s anti-people decisions and governance failures,” he said.
The leaders alleged that during its nearly four-year tenure, the Congress government has brought development to a standstill by shutting down schools, colleges, Primary Health Centres, government offices, veterinary institutions and several public welfare facilities across the state.
They said development projects initiated during the previous BJP government, despite having budgetary provisions, have either been halted or abandoned, adversely affecting people across Himachal Pradesh.
They further said that deteriorating roads, rising electricity and water bills, increasing financial burdens on the public, unemployment and the failure to fulfil election promises have created widespread public resentment.
They alleged that while the Congress had sought votes based on 10 guarantees, it had instead deceived the people through repeated false assurances after assuming office.
Bindal and Thakur said the BJP’s movement will focus on the concerns of youth, women, farmers, orchardists, employees and every section of society that, according to them, has been neglected by the present government.
Thakur said the BJP will formally begin its public outreach even before the upcoming Monsoon Session of the Assembly by visiting locations where development projects initiated by the previous BJP government had been discontinued or stalled. PTI/COR SHS SHS
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