Shimla, Feb. 18 -- The Himachal Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday passed a government resolution urging the Union Government to restore the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG), amid uproar and slogan-shouting by the Opposition BJP, which expressed dissatisfaction with Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's reply.

The resolution, moved under Rule 102, was adopted by voice vote despite protests from BJP members, who entered the Well of the House and raised slogans against the state government. The ruling Congress members also countered with slogans, accusing the Opposition of failing to defend the state's interests.

Speaking to the media after the passage of the resolution, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu termed the Opposition's stand "unfortu...