Himachal Pradesh Assembly Speaker Vipin Singh Parmar on Wednesday adjourned the House till March 15. The Speaker said the House will now reassemble at 2 pm on March 15.
As per the earlier schedule, the State Assembly was supposed to reassemble on Friday after a one-day leave on Thursday in view of Mahashivratri.
Parmar said the discussion on the budget will continue on Monday and subsequently, the Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur will reply to it, he added.
Meanwhile, the Congress on Wednesday hit out at the State Government for the financial crisis in the state.
Participating in the discussion on the budget, the Congress MLA Harshwardhan Chauhan said that the financial condition of Himachal Pradesh is grim but nothing has been mentioned about resource mobilisation in the state budget tabled in the Assembly.
The debt burden on the state has already crossed Rs 61,000 crore, while the employees have yet to be provided the new pay commission. The state’s gross domestic product (GDP) is decreasing day by day, he said adding that the expenditure incurred by the government is increasing while revenue receipts are going down.
Continuing his tirade against the government, the Congress legislator said, “What can be expected from others for improving the financial situation when new cars worth Rs 35 lakh each have been provided to Ministers.
He also alleged that jobs in Himachal Pradesh have been provided only to the people from two Assembly segments.
Urging the Chief Minister to pay heed to the entire state instead of one or two Assembly segments, the Congress legislator said that it should not happen with HP politicians as had happened with former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala.