Himachal Confidential

The Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee witnessed uproar after over 15 Congress MLAs and former ministers issued a statement to criticise the state BJP government for using Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau against Union Minister of Steel Virbhadra Singh.

Who let the steam out?
The Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee witnessed uproar after over 15 Congress MLAs and former ministers issued a statement to criticise the state BJP government for using Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau against Union Minister of Steel Virbhadra Singh. Interestingly,since the statement was not signed by anyone,confusion prevails over who issued the statement and who authorised them to do so. HPCC President Kaul Singh and CLP Leader Vidya Stokes are clueless about the source of this statement. One of the Congress leaders probing the entire episode called up mediapersons and said,Would the media also publish an unsigned statement that alleges that Cabinet ministers have charged the CM of corruption?

Ruchika case: media trial?
As the sad tale of Ruchikas suicide and harassment of her friends and family unfolds in neighboring Haryana,some police officers in Himachal Pradesh are sympathising with the accused DGP SPS Rathore. One of the senior police officers,who was blamed by the son of a former IPS officer for his fathers alleged suicide,recently said the media has no right to behave and act in the manner they did in the Ruchikas case. This is sheer media trial and what would come out of it? Ultimately the court will decide on the basis of facts, was his opinion.

Speakers speak
The heavy turnout during Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumals rally in Mandi on completion of two years of the government left the local Congress speechless. Though Union Minister of Steel Virbhadra Singh had won the parliamentary election from Mandi and HPCC President Kaul Singh is also from Mandi,the rally witnessed overwhelming support for the government.

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The Congress workers in Mandi were seen sulking,as the BJP ensured that speakers for relaying the speech of the CM were installed up to a distance of nearly five km from the venue so that those who did not come were also made captive listeners.

Shanta missing from BJP ads
Popularly referred to as Parivar ke Mukhiya in the state BJP,senior leader Shanta Kumar was missing from the partys advertisements to celebrate two years of the BJP government. Many within the party believed the party had forgotten the head of the family for the head of the government Sarkar ke Mukhiya,as the former has been speaking candidly on the issue of corruption and assessing the governments performance by very categorically expressing his dissent over certain uneasy decisions.

That is another matter that on one occasion he had written a special letter to Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal to say that he saw a reflection of his working in the current government and pat the Dhumal government for the decision like Pt Deen Dayal Upadhaya Krishi Samridhi Yojna for constructing polyhouses.

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