Shimla
Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, while informal talk with media here today, said that Himachal Pradesh Government is ready to release water to Delhi as per agreement with the Delhi Government.
While replying to the questions about the bye-elections for three assembly seats, the Chief Minister pointed out that these seats became vacant due to the resignation of independent legislators. He emphasized that these legislators had the choice to support either the ruling party or the opposition. The Chief Minister urged that the reasons behind their resignation, involved malpractices and selling of their memberships, should be disclosed to the public. He said that now let us see they fight the bye-elections on BJP tickets. He posed a question to the electorate of these constituencies, asking why these former MLAs, who were elected for a five-year term, chose to force bye-elections upon them.
The Chief Minister condemned the terrorist attack on a bus carrying the pilgrims in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir in which 9 persons lost their lives by terming it a cowardice act.
