Kaul lambasts Markanda over Lahaul development
Tribune News Service
Mandi, September 1
Senior Congress leader Kaul Singh Thakur targeted Technical Education Minister Ram Lal Markanda over development issues in Lahaul Spiti today. Markanda is an MLA from Lahaul Spiti.
Kaul Singh said, “During the Congress regime, we had opened a Polytechnic College at Udaipur but after the BJP came to power, the college had been shut. Now classes are being run at Sundernagar Polytechnic College in Mandi district. As a result, the students of the district are suffering.”
“During the Congress regime, we had opened Government Degree College in Spiti to provide higher education facilities to the students at their doorsteps and funds were approved for the construction of the college building. But ever since the BJP came to power, no progress has been made in the construction of the college building,” he said.
“When I was a Health Minister, we had set up a CT scan machine at the district hospital, Keylong, and appointed radiologists to conduct X-ray, ultrasound and CT scan. But now the posts of radiologist and specialist doctor are lying vacant. As a result, the residents have been deprived of their basic rights,” he added.
“The minister has failed to ensure the progress of his Assembly segment. Earlier, he had remained on the post of agriculture minister but he failed to set up a market yard for the welfare of local residents,” said Kaul Singh.
Kaul Singh was on a two-day tour to Lahaul to interact with party workers and encourage them for the upcoming byelection of Lok Sabha for the Mandi seat.
He also targeted the state and the Central governments over inflation, unemployment and corruption issues. He said the inflation has increased manifold, unemployment is increasing and corruption is on rise during the BJP regime.
