Shimla: Industries Minister Harshwardhan Chauhan today said that a government’s claims of achievements undergoes test during elections and by-elections, when people exercising their voting right forms a welfare-oriented government or further strengthens the existing government.
He said that the people of Himachal Pradesh had endorsed the functioning, policies and guarantees of the Congress party in the 2022 Assembly elections, when a popular government led by Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu was formed with a massive mandate.
“The BJP’s humiliating defeat in the by-elections is a clear example that the people of Himachal Pradesh will never allow attempts to undermine the dignity of the Constitution, topple an elected government through political conspiracies or crush people’s mandate through use of money power,” he stated.
The Industries Minister said that keeping in view the difficulties fced by people, particularly those living in remote areas, in resolving revenue-related matters, the state government introduced special Revenue Lok Adalats to provide relief to the common people. Through these special courts, specific timelines have been prescribed for resolving various revenue-related matters, including mutation, demarcation, partition and correction of revenue records. So far, more than seven lakh cases have been resolved, bringing relief to people closer to their doorsteps.
The Chief Minister firmly believes that the rights of Himachal Pradesh will not be compromised under any circumstances. Even if the central government withholds financial assistance to Himachal Pradesh in an attempt to pressure the state into accepting agreements contrary to its interests, Himachal Pradesh will not bow down. Instead, the state will generate its own resources and script a new chapter of development through its own efforts, he concluded.
