Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna is facing rift within the Congress and also criticism from Opposition parties for his allegedly inefficient handling of the devastating calamity that ravaged Uttarakhand in the month of June, said, former Uttarakhand CM Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, who spoke for nearly 45 minutes on the second day of Vidhan Sabha proceedings on Thursday.
After demanding dismissal of Congress-led State Government, Nishank said that Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Chamoli districts of Garhwal division and Pithoragarh of Kumaon division are worst affected by the natural calamity. After expressing concern that the State Government has not initiated any steps for carrying
rehabilitation work in the disaster affected areas of the state, Nishank demanded that the State Government issue white paper on disaster. He also demanded separate Himalayan policy for Uttarakhand.
Reacting to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna's jibe about felicitating Nishank for reaching Kedarnath shrine by road, Nishank invited Bahuguna to visit Kedarnath by road in order to redress the grievances of the displaced villagers.
Dr Nishank also alleged that State Government is threatening him to remain mum on disaster issue and cleared that he will continue strive for the welfare of displaced villagers, who are facing the brunt of the natural calamities.
He also claimed that hundreds of displaced villagers had lost their lives as the State Government has not introduced effective steps for relief works in the disaster-affected districts of the State.