Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Tuesday urged the newly elected representatives of the Panchayati Raj Institutes to work with dedication for welfare of the people and speedy development of their respective areas. He said `10 lakh each would be distributed to 114 Gram Panchayats who elected their representatives unopposed.
Addressing a public meeting at Kotla in Jawali constituency of Kangra district, he expressed gratitude towards the people of the State for electing maximum Gram Panchayat Pradhans and BDC members affiliated with the ideology of Congress.
He said barring Kangra, Kinnaur and Hamirpur Zila Parishads where the posts of Zila Parishad chairperson had gone to BJP supported candidates while other top posts of Zila Parishad had been bagged by the candidates of Congress party.
The CM advised the BJP leaders to come openly from every front if they wanted to fight a political battle but should refrain from back-stabbing. He said Shanta Kumar too remained the Chief Minister, but his way of working was quite different and decent and never implicated his political opponents or fabricated them in false cases.