Claim to run Institutions with budgetary provision a bundle of lies : MLA

Fighting relentlessly and on the fact Congress two time Member of Assembly from Fathepur of Kangra district Bhawani Singh Pathania demolished the BJP claims that it had opened institutions with budgetary provision .  Speaking against the adjournment motion in the debate initiated by BJP member Sukh Ram Chaudhary under rule Congress member stated that whatever this bundle of lies is being told in the media for almost three months that the institutions have been closed with a sense of revenge, which was presented by the leader of the opposition in the last budget. He said putting figure of 2022 budget straight in the house emphatically that first figure was about  revenue deficit in the year 2020-21, over the previous year that was Rs 12000 crore.  Means the revenue projection you made, the income projection you made, reduced the income by 1000 crores from last year.  The second projection was that  income decreased by Rs.1000 crores and  expenses increased by Rs.3000 crores.  Now this increased expenditure, what did you do? You reduced Rs 1500 crore from the capital expenditure.  Reducing the capital outlay means that BJP government have reduced the money for the buildings, the money for the primary health centers, the money for your schools.  Now what happened when it reduced the money, a divine power came in erstwhile state government as it opened just two colleges in the first four and a half years and 23 in last six month. Jai Ram Thakur Government opened 24 primary schools in the first four and a half years and 45 new ones in the last six months.  Similarly, 45 middle schools were opened in the first four and a half years and 84 were opened in the last six months. It also opened 49 high schools in the first four and a half years, the last one.  Plus two schools opened 53 in first four and a half years 98 were opened in the last 6 months tenure. It opened a total of 173 educational institutions in your first four and a half year term and after reducing the capital outlay by Rs 1500 crore in the last 6 months, announced the opening of 351 institutions. “Why such pathetic announcements were made? These happened due to three assembly by-elections and one Lok Sabha election in the state. When the Bharatiya Janata Party lost 4-0 in the elections, someone advised you that the innocent people of Himachal Pradesh might not understand, so what kind of announcements you make. We will get votes from the constituencies where such announcements are made. You people are saying that these institutions were properly opened. If these institutions were properly opened, then their referendum has already been held in the assembly elections. ” Mr Pathania exposed opposition. The intention behind opening these institutions was very clear by making such announcements, you wanted to form your government again in the state, but after Kerala, Himachal Pradesh comes in the most literate state and here people understood your intention behind it. Here, you could not cover up the financial management of the last four and a half to five years and because of that these results came. There is a reason behind the closure of these institutions and I will give you two figures to make it clear. He said that state was worst state which have highest debt GDP ratio as it borrowed 44 percent of state GDP.  But the national average is 33 percent. Apart from this, we are running by putting loan projections above  which is about 55 pc within the next three years. Which means Himachal Pradesh will be the worst state  in the country. That is the condition at this point of time. The state  committed expenditure becomes zero, I will still have to spend it. I had taken the figures of this committed expenditure from your own budget and it is 77 percent. Means if we have 77 percent committed expenditure and within next three years in your projection it is going to 87 percent, which will make Himachal Pradesh the worst state in terms of committed expenditure to its total revenue. When the head of a new government takes over the reins of the state, first of all he has to think that I have enough money so that I could run the government, develop the state and give a good future to the youth of my state. The belief on which we have come here after being elected. After seeing the figures we have two options and that is to increase our revenue and reduce our expenditure. I would like to say that our government under the leadership of Mr. Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu is taking such a view. These institutions that have been closed are not just action. This is just a small way to increase your revenue and reduce your expenses. After this some part of the plan would be visible to you in the budget and some part will be visible in the policy document. But what I mean to say is that these institutions have not been closed, but only restrictions have been placed on these institutions. This ban has been imposed because perhaps our affordability has not been made at this time. Its proper analysis is being done and wherever its viability is established. Will be reopened,  he added.