Unsatisfied with the extension of a curtailed industrial package, BJP went ahead and held its Nyaya Rally where chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal and senior leader Shanta Kumar pointed out at discrimination being meted out to a state ruled by the opposition party.
Addressing the mammoth gathering Dhumal said that diluting the industrial package by withdrawing excise exemptions that was granted by the Vajpayee government in 2003 for a ten year period was dishonoring a commitment. “We will take the matter to court, should the package not be fully restored,” he said.
The chief minister disclosed that in his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday, he did let him know about the discrimination meted out by the 13th Finance Commission recommendations which had under assessed the states salary, interests and pension accounts by as much as Rs 1600 crores. “Whereas other states had got higher allocation under the recommendations of the commission, Himachal had got the least,” he said.Read Full Story
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