Shimla, Sept. 26 -- Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Saturday addressed a large public meeting at Kansa Chowk in the Balh Assembly constituency of Mandi district and launched a scathing attack on the previous Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government.

He said that during the tenure of the previous BJP government, the double-engine government pushed Himachal into a debt trap and misused the state's resources. He said that during the tenure of the previous BJP government, the state received around Rs 60,000 crore through GST compensation and Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG), but this money was not used properly.

The Chief Minister said that around 45 months ago, a Congress-led government came to power in the state, givin...