Why no white paper on debt, asks Hooda

A former CM, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, today alleged that the BJP government had drowned the state in debt. “This is why the government is running away from releasing the white paper despite repeated demands,” he said.

“If the white paper comes out, all fake figures and claims of the government will be exposed. The BJP has put the state in a debt of Rs 5.16 lakh crore. From 1966 to 2013-14, the state had a debt of only Rs 60,000 crore, but today the internal debt has increased to Rs 3,52,819 (projected for 2025-26),” he said.

“The Congress government of the state gave the highest rate of crops in the country to farmers, the cheapest electricity to farmers, loans at zero interest, and the highest pension to the elderly, and MNREGA wages. Despite this, the debt figure was limited to Rs 60,000 crore,” he claimed.

In the last 10 years, the BJP did not establish any big project, he said. Showing the receipt of mustard purchase in the Assembly, he said the government's claim of giving MSP on 24 crops was false as it was clear from the receipt that the government was not giving MSP of mustard. “All the figures from economy and loan to crop purchase are exposing their claims, but the government is considering only verbal income and expenditure as development,” he stated.