Jal Shakti Minister Mahender Singh Thakur violating Covid curfew norms, alleges Kaul Singh

Tribune News Service

Mandi, June 9

Senior Congress leader Kaul Singh Thakur alleged that Jal Shakti Minister Mahender Singh Thakur is violating the Covid curfew norm in Mandi district these days.

Kaul Singh said that today Jal Shakti Minister visited in the remote Chauhar valley of Darang assembly segment in Mandi. Yesterday he visited different panchayats under Jogindernagar assembly segment of Mandi district on the pretext of hearing grievances of the public and conducted public meetings in the area. It was a complete violation of the curfew norm in the district, when the state government had extended the curfew till June 14.

“The minister was projecting himself as a BJP MP candidate from Mandi parliamentary constituency and he was visiting rural areas of Mandi district in different assembly segments from the past few days,” he added.

Kaul Singh said that “Congress party is following the guidelines of the state government regarding Covid -19 strictly to check the spread of infection in the state. But Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur-led state government was responsible for the spread of infection in the state because the ministers in the government are violating of Covid norm.”

“I urge the Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur to take action against Jal Shakti Minister for violating the Covid curfew,” he remarked.