Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania announced on Wednesday that the winter session of the State Legislative Assembly will take place from December 18 to 21 at Tapovan in Dharamshala. The session will consist of four meetings during this period.
In addition, the Himachal Pradesh government is set to celebrate two years in office with a grand event on December 11 in Bilaspur, as stated in a press release from the Chief Minister’s Office. Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu held a meeting with senior officials on Monday evening to discuss the event’s agenda and preparations. Sukhu mentioned that senior Congress leaders would be invited, along with all ministers, Congress MLAs, chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of boards and corporations, assembly election candidates, Congress party office-bearers, and beneficiaries of various state government schemes.
In contrast, Leader of Opposition and BJP leader Jairam Thakur criticized the Sukhu government, asserting that the state has regressed by 20 years under two years of Congress rule. “The entire Himachal Pradesh is astonished to hear this. Celebrations are meant for achievements, but in these two years of their government, Himachal Pradesh has gone backward by 20 years. It is laughable that state ministers and the HP Congress chief claim to be unaware of any celebrations. Is only the Chief Minister in favor of celebrating, while the Congress party is not? There seems to be no coordination between the government and the Congress party. Only the CM and his selected associates appear to be planning the celebrations,” he stated.
Thakur further added, “In two years of their governance, Delhi’s Himachal Bhawan has been attached by the court, and 18 properties of the Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (HPTDC) are being closed. Such situations have never arisen before. Not one of the guarantees they made has been fulfilled, yet they are hosting celebrations.”
