Ramban, Dec. 28 -- Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) Spokesperson Salman Nizami on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the Congress-led Himachal Pradesh government, questioning its inaction amid repeated harassment of shawl vendors and labourers from Jammu and Kashmir in the state.

Nizami expressed shock that the Congress party, which claims to be sympathetic towards the Muslim community and the Kashmiri people, have not taken any action on the matter.

"It's shocking that in Himachal Pradesh, where the Congress government is in power, there have been more than 16 incidents where our poor Kashmiri Muslims, from labourers to shawl vendors, are being harassed and beaten, and the government there is doing absolutely nothing. It's su...