Shimla, Aug. 25 -- Himachal Pradesh Government stated in the state Assembly on Monday that owing to "negligence of previous BJP rule" a Hospital was allowed to be set up in the Parking floor of New ISBT Shimla and the Government would conduct a probe into the alleged deal.

Responding to the query, Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri said that the irregularities were committed during the previous BJP government's tenure. "It is surprising that even for selling samosas or momos inside ISBT one requires permission, yet a hospital was allowed to run in the parking floor without proper approvals," Agnihotri remarked.

He informed the House that the Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) had issued a notice to the hospital for lack of consent, an...