Six-day Himachal assembly winter session from tomorrow
SHIMLA /DHARAMSHALA : The sixday winter session of Himachal Pradesh assembly, beginning on Monday in Dharamshala, is anticipated to remain fierce with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and opposition Congress grinding their axes to pin each other down over several issues.
The session falls at an interesting time as the Jai Ram Thakur - led government completes one year in power providing an opportune window for the opposition to highlight the government’s ‘failures’.
In order to mark the celebrations of the its one-year rule, a mega event has been planned by the state government at Dharamshala on December 27. As per information, Prime Minister Narender Modi is likely to attend the event where he will blow the bugle for the upcoming general elections. Kangra is a politically significant district with 15 assembly seats. Both the mainstream parties are eyeing electoral gains from the region, which is known for tilting political scales. A statewide campaign launched by the Congress to muster support for Lok sabha polls.
PREPPING FOR THE ASSEMBLY BATTLE
The state party members of the BJP will meet in Dharamshala on Sunday to chalk out a floor strategy for session.
In a meeting held last month, the chief minister had told party legislators to ask more questions and participate in debates and give little or no time to the opposition to launch an attack.
While the opposition is likely to adopt an aggressive posture against the government’s poor law and order situation, the chief minister and his cabinet colleagues will advertise its achievement, including state and centre-sanctioned schemes. . The opposition is also anticipated to raise the issue of leasing out land to outsiders, accusing the government of bending norms to benefit the same.
Other issues like delay in providing uniforms to school students, bad road conditions, poor health services including erratic 108 ambulance service and vacant posts in educational as well as health institutions will be echoed.
The party will also corner the BJP over the recent controversy of restoring the land lease of Swami Ramdev headed Patanjali Yogpeeth in Solan district for developing herbal garden and setting up a research centre.
“There been hardly been any progress during one year rule. BJP government has failed to secure a favourable support from the central government, “he said.