Congress government is completely responsible for the debt: Chaudhary

 BJP parliamentary constituency in-charge and MLA Sukhram Chaudhary said that the government has been found completely guilty in the matter of debt. He said that the government brought a white paper on debt in the house and through this the truth came out in front of the world that the debt in the state is the gift of Congress governments and then Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu started taking loan after loan. Development stopped, debt started, BJP, while fulfilling its responsibility, continuously brought this issue to the public and now the 18-month-old government has taken a loan of about 30000 crores. Thus, two lies were served to the public in 6 months. Roads, electricity, water, development work etc. stopped. Schools, colleges, hospitals, primary health centers, offices closed, there is a huge debt.

Chaudhary said that the Congress government led by Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu in Himachal is again preparing to drink the ghee of debt and is continuously drinking ghee. The process of taking loan started as soon as the voting in the by-election was over and the state government took a loan of Rs 500 crore. With the addition of Rs 500 crore of the month of July alone, it will become Rs 3400 crore. Taking so much loan in a month is a big question in itself. He said that the government is trying to meet only the general expenses of the state by taking loan, the question is from where will the government give arrears and DA to the employees. Himachal Pradesh is badly trapped in a debt trap. The expenditure on the salary and pension of government employees is continuously increasing, the state government needs Rs 9000 crore to pay the outstanding arrears of the new pay commission. The situation is such that the retiring employees and pensioners are also going to the High Court for their financial dues. The courts are continuously issuing orders to the state government to pay arrears and pensioners’ dues in many cases. Not only this, orders are being issued to make the payment with interest. In such a situation, the financial crisis of the government is getting deeper. Recently, in a case, when the state government cited the bad financial crisis in the High Court, the court said clearly that the payment will have to be made no matter what.