Shimla, Sept. 27 -- BJP state president Dr. Rajeev Bindal said that while Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government at the Centre has been working to provide relief to the people, the Congress government in Himachal led by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has spent the last three years burdening the public.
Bindal, addressing a press conference in Shimla, alleged that the Congress government has imposed as many as 10 different types of cesses, leading to a 40 percent hike in electricity bills.
He pointed out that the state government increased VAT on diesel by Rs 7.50, placing an additional burden of Rs 10,000 crore on the people.
The additional goods tax on cement was raised from Rs 7.50 to Rs 16 per bag, water charges were sharply...