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BJP National President’s Himachal Pradesh Pravas
The Bharatiya Janata Party National President and Union Minister Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda addressed a press conference on 20 April 2025, at the BJP state office in Himachal Pradesh, launching a scathing attack on the sluggish Congress government in the state.
Shri Nadda stated that the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh is failing to perform but is attempting to blame the central government for its shortcomings. The Modi government has already allocated funds for several welfare schemes in Himachal Pradesh, but the Congress government, in a state of ‘Kumbhakarni neend’, has not even been able to allocate land for these schemes. The people of Himachal Pradesh are dissatisfied with this government and will hold it accountable shortly.
BJP National President stated that in Himachal Pradesh, the government is trying to build a false narrative that they are not receiving funds from the Central Government or that the Centre is neglecting Himachal Pradesh. This is entirely false and misleading. The truth is that if there has been genuine development in any state of the country, it has been during the times when there has been an NDA government at the Centre. When Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister, Himachal Pradesh was granted a special package. In contrast, when the Congress was in power, they deprived Himachal of the benefits given to “Special Hilly States.”
This has always been the Congress party’s track record. Congress has had no substantial contribution to any major project in Himachal Pradesh. All major development works currently underway in the state were either initiated during the tenure of the revered Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee or are being completed under the leadership of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi over the past 11 years. Therefore, I completely reject the false narrative being pushed by the Congress party.
Shri Nadda stated that for the financial year 2025, the Central Government has allocated a budget of Rs. 11,806 crore for year-round development works in Himachal Pradesh. Under the tax revenue share, the state was to receive Rs. 10,681 crore, out of which Rs. 8,915 crore had already been disbursed to the state by 10th January 2025. Additionally, Rs. 13,285 crore has been provided as grants-in-aid. An amount of Rs. 1,050 crore has been sanctioned for capital investment, industrial development, and the digitization of land records.
Highlights
• The Congress government in Himachal Pradesh stands out as one of the most corrupt among all Congress-ruled states.
• It has crossed all limits of mismanagement.
• Newspapers like National Herald, which don’t even get published regularly, were shamelessly handed crores worth of government advertisements.
• The Congress-led Sukhu government is trying to build a false narrative that the BJP-led Centre is neglecting Himachal Pradesh. This claim is utterly baseless and misleading.
• Himachal is a non-performing government.
• Every single brick of development in Himachal Pradesh was either laid during the tenure of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee or under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji approved the establishment of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in Himachal Pradesh, but the state government has remained asleep even on land allotment for it.