SHIMLA: PWD Minister Vikramaditya Singh has lambasted the former Minister Suresh Bhardwaj for comparing the Congress government led by Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu with Pakistan's premier Shehbaz Khan's regime.

Reacting to  Bhardwaj charge that Himachal and Pakistan were on the brink of the financial crisis, Vikramaditya Singh said, "I want to remind the former Minister that it is the BJP which left the state coffers empty".

Now the BJP was creating hullabaloo to hide their lavish spending during their tenure and is also resorting to blame games to hide their follies " stated Vikramaditya Singh.

He said the former Chief Minister, Jai Ram Thakur had condemned the statement of Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu when the latter blamed the BJP for having created such circumstances as were in Srilanka.

"Now Jai Ram Thakur himself is seen addressing the media and blaming the Congress government for creating Srilanka like the situation of bankruptcy, creating fear amongst the people of the State just to remain in limelight", he charged.
 The Minister said that the BJP knew very well that they had emptied the State coffers before being removed from power by the people.

Thereafter they tried to mislead  the people of the State by announcing over 900 institutions without budgetary provisions with an eye on polls, he alleged.

Vikramaditya Singh said that Suresh Bhardwaj was a senior Minister in BJP Cabinet and such an immature statement reflected his narrow bent of mind towards the State and his shortsighted vision.

Vikramaditya Singh blamed the BJP for appointing co-ordinators, and advisors and paying them hefty amounts, who used to advise the Government.

He advised the BJP coterie to come out of the grief of their exit from power.
"I want to tell Sh. Bhardwaj, the BJP always took U-turn after making announcements and used to revert their own decisions, which clearly signifies that the BJP always lacked decisiveness", he stated.