Himachal Health Minister Kaul Singh on Friday said that the State Government under the leadership of Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh is stable and there is no crisis of confidence.
Taking a jibe at the BJP in the State Assembly, he said, "The BJP is demoralised and disappointed. They are thinking that things may go like Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand in Himachal Pradesh too.”
"But we must tell them that the Congress is united under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi and Virbhadra Singh. We will take them (BJP) on unitedly," he said.
Kaul Singh said the BJP was talking about fresh assembly polls just to create confusion. "The elections will be held at per schedule in 2017. And, the Congress we will repeat our performance and the BJP will again stay in the opposition," he said.
His assertions came after BJP members walked out of the house on the plea that the Government on Thursday had accepted a cut motion on health, which meant that it did not have the right to stay in power.
The Minister said the BJP members were not aware of parliamentary practices.
After the budget for 2016-17 was passed in the assembly on Thursday, opposition leader Prem Kumar Dhumal said that the cut motions brought by the opposition were neither withdrawn nor rejected.
"Technically the Government has fallen as it has lost majority and they have no right to continue," Dhumal had told the mediapersons.
Two-time Chief Minister Dhumal had also said that Congress legislators were unhappy with the Chief Minister and were in touch with him (Dhumal) and an Uttarakhand-like situation can't be ruled out in Himachal Pradesh.