SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh Congress president Pratibha Singh on Thursday accused the ruling BJP of driving the state into an economic crisis and said the debt burden has reached at “Rs 70,000 crore”.
आज रामपुर विधानसभा क्षेत्र में एचपीसीसी की अध्यक्षा श्रीमती @virbhadrasingh जी कांग्रेस प्रत्याशी श्री नन्द लाल जी के समर्थन में जनसंपर्क कार्यक्रम में शामिल हुईं। रामपुर की जनता ने अपना मन बना लिया है।
बस कुछ दिन और… आ रही है कांग्रेस।@INCIndia pic.twitter.com/dyGkVjYU69— Himachal Congress (@INCHimachal) October 27, 2022
She also asserted that if her party is voted to power in the assembly polls, it would restore the old pension scheme for state government employees.
“Himachal Pradesh is facing a debt burden of Rs 70,000 crore and the data of unemployed youth in the state has crossed the 10 lakh-mark under the BJP rule,” Singh said while addressing a rally in Shimla district’s Rampur for the November 12 elections.
The Congress leader reiterated her party’s poll promises of restoring the old pension scheme for state government employees, providing Rs 1,500 per month to every woman and free 300 units of electricity to domestic consumers.
Source: Press Trust of India
