New Delhi, Feb. 24 -- Leader of Opposition in Himachal Pradesh Assembly, Jairam Thakur, on Tuesday met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and discussed the revenue deficit grant (RDG) issue for the state after Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu had accused the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Centre of politicising the revenue deficit grant.

Speaking to ANI, BJP MLA Jairam Thakur said that the Centre has not just discontinued the revenue deficit grant for Himachal Pradesh, but for other states as well.

Thakur said, "Today I met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and we had a detailed discussion regarding the economic situation in Himachal Pradesh. We discussed how the Congress government in the state and Congress leaders ...