Shimla, Feb. 9 -- Senior BJP leader and former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has expressed concern over the state's current financial situation, saying the fiscal stress is not sudden but the result of long-anticipated challenges that the government failed to address in time.

According to a BJP release, Dhumal said the phased withdrawal of the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG) was well known in advance and had been clearly mentioned in the Finance Commission's recommendations.

Dhumal noted that RDG had already been clarified to end after 31 March 2026; therefore, characterising it as a new or unexpected development is misleading.

He questioned why the state government did not develop alternative revenue-generation strateg...