Shimla, Jan. 2 -- BJP State President Dr. Rajeev Bindal on Friday, accused the Congress-led Sukhu government of deliberately targeting the poorest sections of society by proposing new Below Poverty Line (BPL) norms that could exclude a large number of deserving families from welfare benefits.
Bindal said that over the past three years, the Congress government has made life increasingly difficult for the common man, the poor and the middle class.
He alleged that the proposed changes in BPL criteria are not aimed at administrative reform but are part of a calculated move to reduce the number of beneficiaries by pushing genuine poor families out of welfare lists.
He warned that once the new norms are implemented, there would be a sharp decl...