Soon after staging a walkout from the House on the issue of hiked prices of the wheat and rice for the APl category people, the Congress MlAs returned. Dharchula MlA Harish Dhami said that the people of his constituency has lost their crops and cattle and demanded the State Government to compensate them with immediate effect. He also asked for a detailed discussion on the matter. Intervening in the matter, the state parliamentary affairs minister Prakash Pant said that the State Government has already released funds on the discretion of the district magistrate. “The criticism of the Opposition over the State Government sitting over it is unfounded. However, I would look into it,” he said.
Jaspur MlA Adesh Chouhan alleged that a semi- government school located under his constituency is charging Rs1200 for admission and Rs500 for school development from the students. “The school management is paying a paltry Rs1000 per month to the government while earning Rs one lakh per annum,” he said while demanding the House to take up the matter. State education minister Arvind pandey said that he would enquire into it and the errant management would be dealt with as per the law.
Dhanolty MlA Preetam Singh Panwar alleged that police have been the facilitating liquor traders to open shops in places under his constituency, trashing the agitations the people are staging against it. He also demanded a detailed discussion over it. Excise Minister Prakash Pant said that the state government has already changed the law on the matter while catering to the interests of the tourists. “As Dhanolty is a tourist spot with the people coming from near and far we cannot ignore the interests of the tourists,” he said. However, if the MlA can provide private lands for the liquor shops the government would not take pains to allot lands for them, he said.