Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to stay the Himachal Pradesh High Court’s directive to initiate disqualification proceedings against MLAs appointed as Chief Parliamentary Secretaries (CPS) in Himachal Pradesh.
A spokesperson of the ED said in a press statement on Tuesday that both the accused were produced before the Special Court (PMLA), Ghaziabad on Tuesday.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu while presiding over a high level meeting on Monday, said that the sate government was contemplating to formulate a new compassionate employment policy.
Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that the scheme, which currently benefits approximately 6,000 orphan children across the state, will now extend its support to additional children facing challenging circumstances.
Himachal Pradesh BJP president Rajeev Bindal had been the health minister in the party-led government from 2007 to 2012.
The budget is also a pro-farmers budget that focuses on increasing the income of farmer brothers upto 50 percent profit, he added.
The MLAs, who took the oath of office on Monday, included Kamlesh Thakur, wife of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Suku from Dehra, Ashish Sharma from Hamirpur and Hardeep Singh Baba from Nalagarh.
The increased forest cover is expected to mitigate soil erosion and bolster the state's environmental resilience.
Prime Minister Modi gave a patient hearing to the demands and requests of the Chief Minister and assured him of all possible assistance.
Thakur said that the Congress government has nothing to claim in the name of development.
