A meeting of Himachal Pradesh Cabinet was held under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Monday in which it was decided to hold the Monsoon Session of
HP Vidhan Sabha from August 22 to 27, having five sittings in total.
The Cabinet also passed a resolution reposing full faith in the leadership of Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh in the wake of the arrest of one person in the case pertaining to disproportionate assets against the Chief Minister by the Central agencies.
It was noted in the Cabinet meeting that the clamour by members of BJP for the resignation of Chief Minister is not only absurd but also exposes their utter disregard for the Rule of law.
“Instead of showing respect and trust in the law and justice system of the country, some leaders of BJP, having no popular support, seek to circumvent the legal process to dislodge a democratically elected popular Chief Minister. It is quite obvious that they have realized that it would not be possible for them to attain power through democratic and electoral means,” a statement of the Cabinet said.
The Cabinet noted that cases in question pertain merely to financial returns and despite the Income Tax Department already ceased of the matter, with the sole objective of harassing Singh, the cases are being investigated by three central agencies namely Income Tax Department, CBI and ED which was highly condemnable.
“Such high handed and illegal tactics would be out rightly rejected by the public of the State. It is most unfortunate and regrettable that a few leaders of the national party in power at the
Centre are advocating such undemocratic practices. The only sane and mature response should be to allow the law to take its own established course,” the statement said.
Attempts to subvert the legal process and to destablise the popular democratically elected government are condemnable and would be strongly resisted by the people of the State, the Cabinet statement stated.