Shimla: Agriculture Minister Chander Kumar and PWD Minister Vikramaditya Singh today here in a joint press statement strongly rebutted the claims being made by MP Anurag Singh Thakur and other BJP leaders over the Kishau Multipurpose Project, saying that the BJP cannot rewrite the facts, distort the record or claim credit for an outcome secured after sustained efforts and firm negotiations by the present Congress Government led by Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.
The Ministers said that the Centre’s role in facilitating the final agreement among the six states is acknowledged, but BJP leaders cannot use that fact to erase the specific efforts made by the present state government to protect the financial interests of Himachal Pradesh. Bringing states together for an agreement is one matter, protecting Himachal Pradesh from an unfair financial burden is another.
The Ministers said this is precisely the fact that BJP leaders are attempting to overlook. Had the present government simply accepted the earlier arrangement, Himachal Pradesh would have continued to face a substantial financial liability. Instead, the government stood its ground and negotiated for a different outcome, protecting the state from having to bear that burden.
