UPA Govt. visibly paralysed during its tenure: Khanduri

“The UPA government was non-performing,totally irresponsible and visibly paralysed during its tenure,” he said.

Khanduri also alleged that the central government has no strategies for dealing with the menace of terrorism,checking the rate of inflation or minimising the impact of global meltdown on the country.

He said the UPA also destroyed the sanctity of Lok Sabha by trying to buy MPs during the trust vote.

In this regard,Khanduri described the tenure of previous BJP-led NDA government at the centre as “golden era” and said it carried out the Pokharan nuclear test despite pressure from international community.

“Even after the big countries imposed sanctions on us,we continued the work of development in the country,” Khanduri said.

Khanduri also accused the Congress-led government of meting out “step-motherly” treatment to the state as it was opposed to its creation as a separate hill state.

“The previous Congress government also did not have any interest in the development of the state. It also misused official machinary for its own sake,” the Chief Minister said.

He further alleged that central government did not want industries to set up their units in Uttarakhand and reduced the period of industrial package to the state by three years.

“The centre also did not provide a single pie for the ambitious AIIMS project,which was approved by the NDA government and reduced the quota of foodgrains for the state from 70,000 tonnes to 15,000 tonnes,” he claimed.

Khanduri said ever since his government assumed office,35,000 people have been recruited for various jobs with complete transparency and without corruption.

Stating that his government has launched a number of welfare schemes for women,old and handicapped,Khanduri said he relaxed norms for pension that resulted in doubling the number of those being benefitted by such schemes.

“In just two years time,the number of those getting pension rose to 3.5 lakhs from 1.75 lakhs,” he claimed.