HP Cong to agitate against inflation in HP

CHANDIGARH, Oct 30: Congress in Himachal Pradesh would launch an agitation against the alleged non-governance and unprecedented inflation...

CHANDIGARH, Oct 30: Congress in Himachal Pradesh would launch an agitation against the alleged non-governance and unprecedented inflation in the state.

Talking to the media persons here, Pradesh Congress General Secretary Thakur Kaul Singh MLA, said the BJP-HVC government in the state was neither governing nor responsive. The law and order situation was also deteriorating which he attributed to the nexus between politicians and criminals.

Kaul said his party would serve an ultimatum on the state government within the next few weeks before taking to the streets by way of dharnas. He said Congress would not make any attempt to destabilise the BJP-HVC government despite this non-governance but would like it to fall under its own weight.

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He said there was no coordination between the BJP and the HVC which was adding to the woes of the people. He referred to the hospitals without adequate staff as an example and said the ministers were busy making announcements which were not being fulfilled.

The Congress leader asserted the state government had failed to deliver the goods in all spheres and blamed it for the increasing militancy in the districts bordering Jammu and Kashmir, claiming the situation had remained under check as the previous Congress regime was more alert and took preventive measures.He also blamed the nexus between BJP and traders for the unprecedented rise in prices.