Shimla, Dec. 15 -- Slamming Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Himachal Pradesh tribal development minister Jagat Singh Negi on Sunday said months have passed since the announcement of a special relief package for Himachal by the Prime Minister but the state is yet to receive the amount. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a package of Rs.1,500 crore for the relief and rehabilitation of the disaster hit families, but months have passed and the state has not received the amount till yet." Negi's statement comes after JP Nadda accused the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government of mismanagement, corruption and failure to properly utilise funds released by Centre. Negi also questioned Nadda for not taking up the issues of Himachal despite being from the state. "BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda is sitting at the helm of affairs in a position to help the people of the state. While we are happy to see him there, it pains to see when interests of the states are not taken up vigorously with Centre." Voicing Negi's concerns, panchayati raj minister Anirudh Singh said, "Rs.9,200 crore deposited under the National Pension Scheme (NPS) has been withheld by the Union government. Himachal's borrowing limit was reportedly curtailed by Rs.1,600 crore after the state government decided to implement the OPS, causing a total loss of Rs.4,800 crore to the state over the past three years." The state's 2023 monsoon loss was pegged at around Rs.9,000-9,500 crore by an assessment by the Centre, they said, adding, the Himachal government submitted a claim of Rs.9,042 crore under the PDNA framework for recovery and reconstruction efforts. However, the state is still awaiting the full amount of nearly Rs.10,000 crore under the PDNA, along with a separate Rs.1,500 crore package announced earlier, they said. "The state, from its own resources, provided a package of Rs.4,500 crore to the disaster-affected without any special package announced by the Centre," they added. Himachal Pradesh Congress president Vinay Kumar has termed statements made by BJP chief as "baseless and completely misleading". He said that Nadda should clarify with figures the money given by the Centre to the state and under which scheme. Kumar said that the central government has not sent a single rupee to Himachal in the name of disaster relief till date. Three months ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced a disaster relief amount, but that has not yet been received by the state government. It takes approximately 96 hours to reach Shimla from Delhi on foot but more than 90 days have passed since the BJP made this announcement and the state is still waiting for the amount. Former BJP state president and Una MLA Satpal Satti strongly reacted to the statement of state Congress president Vinay Kumar, saying that the Congress party is now completely afflicted with "Jagat Prakash Nadda phobia". He said that Congress is so rattled by Nadda's visit to Shimla and his clear and factual statements that it is now resorting to lies, confusion, and misinformation. Satpal Satti said that the Rs.1,500 crore assistance announced by PM Modi is under process and will be released as per rules, not under any political pressure or rhetoric. He said that before questioning the "double engine government", Congress should explain why the economic condition of the state has worsened during the tenure of the current government....