Kaul Singh spreading lies against govt, says Himachal CM Jai Ram Thakur

Tribune News Service
Mandi, July 29

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has started targeting leaders of opposition parties aggressively as the Mandi Lok Sabha byelection is approaching.

He toured the Karsog Assembly segment in Mandi district today. He said that Kaul Singh was misguiding the people of Mandi district by spreading canards against the state government. He added that the people of the state would not get carried away by his false propaganda.

“The state Congress leaders did not spare even their own party and raised bills of Rs 12 crore in name of distributing masks and sanitizer to the people during the pandemic,” he added.

“The state government took effective steps to tackle Covid but Congress leaders did not refrain from politiciding even this sensitive issue. They desperately tried to get political mileage but the people of the state were wise enough to understand that the present state government had made every effort to contain the pandemic and provided all possible facilities during this hour of crisis,” he said.

At a public meeting at Churag, the Chief Minister announced opening of horticulture extension officers offices at Mahog and Mahunag, upgrade of Government High School, Kahana, to Senior Secondary School and the opening of a developmental block at Churag.

He announced the opening of an extension counter of the HP State Cooperative Bank Extension Counter, Rs 10 lakh for a playground in Government Senior Secondary School and Rs 3 lakh for a community centre, all at Kheel in the Karsog area.

At Bagsaid, six development projects worth Rs 37 crore were dedicated yesterday for this area from Karsog which included laying the foundation stones of roads worth Rs 20.30 crore and a Lift Irrigation Scheme worth Rs 2 crore.

He announced construction of Kisan Bhawan in the area and opening of sub tehsil at Bagsaid to facilitate the people of the area.

At Mahunag, the Chief Minister said that the area was not only important from the religious point of view but was also blessed with scenic beauty. The area would be developed from tourism point of view under the Nai raahein nai manzilein scheme. He said that efforts would be made to open a bank branch at Mahunag. He announced opening of junior engineer section of Jal Shakti Vibhag at Mahunag.