Thakur trashes allegations levelled by opposition

Shimla: Under attack from the opposition parties for the alleged PPE kit and sanitizers scams in the health department, Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday retaliated by questioning the Congress to tell the truth of the viral letter where claim of spending Rs 12 crore on relief work during Covid-19 pandemic was made.

Thakur said he had asked officials of the health department to show him the PPE kits distributed by the Congress, but could not find any.

He said that the opposition was playing politics even during the pandemic but his government was working with full transparency.

While interacting with mediapersons in Shimla, the chief minister said the Congress had done nothing on ground level.

The CM also rubbished the allegations of scams in the purchases of PPE kits and ventilators.

He said when the issue of irregularities into the purchase of sanitizers came into his knowledge, an FIR was lodged immediately.

He said the Congress earlier was alleging irregularities in the patwari recruitment examination, but now the CBI probe had found that examination was conducted with transparency and no irregularities were committed.