Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi to attend function of one year of state government: Sukhu
Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that a grand function would be organized in district Kangra on the occasion of completion of one year tenure of the state government on 11th December, 2023. He said that Senior Congress Party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi would attend this function.
The Chief Minister disclosed this today while addressing the supporters who visited Oak Over to express their gratitude for the appointment of Yashwant Chhajta as Vice President of Himachal Pradesh Housing and Urban Development Authority (HIMUDA). Yashwant Chhajta has served the Congress Party for 25 years, due to which he has got this appointment and in the near future other party workers will also be given various responsibilities to serve the people of the State.
The Chief Minister said that the Congress Party candidate has won the election for the post of Mayor in the Dharamshala Municipal Corporation elections. He said that in the coming Lok Sabha elections also, the Congress Party would contest with a better strategy to win all the seats in the State. He said that Congress has come to power not just for power or rule but for Vyavastha Privartan which is a different way of governance, use of new technologies, innovations and better delivery of services which would speed up the pace of development in the State.
Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that the state government has fulfilled 3 out of its 10 guarantees. In the very first meeting of the Cabinet, the old pension scheme was restored and the first phase of the Rs. 680 crore Rajiv Gandhi Self-Employment Start-up Scheme has also been launched, under which a 50 percent subsidy on the purchase of e-taxi along with assured income is being ensured to the youth. He said that English would be made compulsory in all government schools from the next academic session and many positive changes would be made to provide quality education to the students in government schools.
On this occasion, Yashwant Chhajta expressed his gratitude to the Chief Minister for his appointment as Vice President of HIMUDA.