Shimla: The BJP on Saturday launched an attack on the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh for a spurt in heinous crimes and the "virtual collapse" of law-and-order in the state and alleged that political interference and the "government giving protection" to criminals were responsible for the situation.
"There is no government worth its name in the state. Mafias and anti-social elements are active and crimes like rape and murder have shot up in the recent past due to the careless attitude and eroded credibility of the police," a resolution adopted at a meeting of the BJP state executive said.
Talking about the resolution, former chief minister and Kangra MP Shanta Kumar said heinous crimes, like the Kotkhai rape-and-murder case, had not only put a question mark on the credibility and fairness of the state police, but also soiled the image of the state, known as the 'Dev Bhoomi' (The Land of the Gods).
Asking Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh to quit on moral grounds in the wake of corruption cases against him and his "utter failure" as far as governance was concerned, Mr Kumar said if he did not resign, the people would show him the door in the state Assembly polls, due later this year.
Meanwhile, Mangal Pandey, the BJP in-charge for Himachal Pradesh, who was here for the three-day meeting of the party's state executive, left for Patna after he was informed that he had been inducted into Nitish Kumar's cabinet in Bihar.
"There is no government worth its name in the state. Mafias and anti-social elements are active and crimes like rape and murder have shot up in the recent past due to the careless attitude and eroded credibility of the police," a resolution adopted at a meeting of the BJP state executive said.
Talking about the resolution, former chief minister and Kangra MP Shanta Kumar said heinous crimes, like the Kotkhai rape-and-murder case, had not only put a question mark on the credibility and fairness of the state police, but also soiled the image of the state, known as the 'Dev Bhoomi' (The Land of the Gods).
Asking Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh to quit on moral grounds in the wake of corruption cases against him and his "utter failure" as far as governance was concerned, Mr Kumar said if he did not resign, the people would show him the door in the state Assembly polls, due later this year.
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Meanwhile, Mangal Pandey, the BJP in-charge for Himachal Pradesh, who was here for the three-day meeting of the party's state executive, left for Patna after he was informed that he had been inducted into Nitish Kumar's cabinet in Bihar.
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