BJP MLA praises Sukhu for political survival and rise
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Shimla, Mar 22 – Former BJP president and MLA from Una Satpal Satti on Wednesday showered praise on the political invincibility of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, by stating that Sukhu emerged victorious, despite being sidelined by former Chief Minsiter Virbhadra Singh.
Satti was participating in the Budget discussion of Himachal Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday.
Taking dig at the internal feud within the Congress party for the post of Chief Minister after its victory in assembly election Satti said Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu studied in Himachal Pradesh University with him and he always succeeded to become president of NSUI and Youth Congress despite being opposed by former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh every time. He said Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri was virtually declared CM face before election and also misguided the people of Una district as they were seeing him as the next CM.
Comparing Sukhu with Deputy Chief Minister during the discussion on the budget Satti said Mukesh Agnihotri befooled voters of Una district, therefore today in the BJP he (Satti) is the lone survivor as all party candidates lost by more than ten thousands votes.
BJP leader said when Sukhu had survived in the public life despite being the political adversary of Virbhadra Singh, Mukesh Agnihotri could not realise his dream to become Chief Minister. When Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu did not lose to former Chief Minister Late Virbhadra Singh, how could he have lost to Mukesh.
Satti added that Congress leaders before the elections, went door-to-door and told women that they would transfer Rs 1500 per month in their bank account, but today even after three months, not a single woman got Rs 1500 in her account. Reading from the Congress manifesto he said that Congress was lying and now the people were feeling deceived.
The Government cannot blame former BJP rule for closing down the OPS as it was closed by former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh in 2003. He blamed the Congress for besieging the ruling party and also having cheated people of Biggest Kangra district of the state. He said four ministers of Jai Ram Thakur lost from Kangra district and Congress won ten seats from the district.
Terming unemployment a long standing problem, he said Congress government could not blame former BJP government for increasing unemployment number upto ten lakh, as number of unemployed did not increase in the Jai Ram rule. He said that the government is crying for money and blaming former BJP rule for leaving Rs 75,000 Crore burden of whooping debt, but now present government is not serious on the issue of increasing debt burden as Rs 11500 Crore loan is proposed by the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu in the new budget and it has already taken loan to the tune of Rs 4500 Crore.
”The government coffers are empty and the state government is always crying for money, however by appointing CPS they do not see the wastage of money,” he said.
He said an army of OSD and advisors are being appointed daily and on the other hand the Chief Minister is blaming the former BJP for burdening the state coffer. Responding to the allegations of the ruling party that the Jai Ram government did not have a grip on the bureaucracy, Sati said that if there was no grip on the bureaucracy then how would the development of the state have happened.
It is said in the Sukhu government, the Principal Private Secretary of the minister Bhatia has written a letter to the district officers to work on the priorities of elected MLAs who are in resentment.
If there is an effective government having control on the bureaucracy why letters are being written, he sought to know.
