Shimla, Aug. 1 -- In a sharp attack on the ruling Congress government in Himachal Pradesh, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president Rajeev Bindal has accused the Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led administration of misleading the public, particularly the unemployed youth, by restarting the State-run lottery system and allegedly failing to fulfil pre-election job guarantees.

Addressing a press conference in Shimla on Friday Bindal alleged that the Cabinet's decision to reintroduce the lottery system is a "mockery of the unemployed," claiming that instead of generating employment opportunities, the government is pushing youth towards "gambling and false hope."

"The Sukhu government promised one lakh government jobs in its very ...