Dharamshala, July 16 -- BJP state general secretary Trilok Kapoor on Tuesday criticised the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh for its decision to outsource the operations and management of 14 HPTDC hotels, alleging that the government is using the excuse of an economic crisis to justify selling off public assets. Addressing media in Dharamshala, Kapoor said that the government had earlier sought time from the state high court to recover 18 hotels from losses, but it failed and now the government is again preparing to hand over 14 hotels to private hands. Trilok Kapoor said that among these 14 hotels, many are considered as heritage of the state and it is not logical to sell them. "Thousands of employees working in the hotels are afraid of losing their jobs again. Regular and irregular employees will fall completely into the quagmire of unemployment," he further said.htc...