Shimla, Feb. 17 -- The Himachal Pradesh assembly witnessed a war of words between the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government and the opposition BJP over the ruling party pushing for discussion over the issue of discontinuation of Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG).

Parliamentary affairs minister Harshwardan Chauhan had proposed a resolution for discussion in the House saying, "The state was receiving the amount of revenue assistance grant under Articles 275 and 280 of the Constitution from the 5th to the 15th Finance Commission, which has been discontinued by the central government from the next financial year as per the recommendations of the 16th Finance Commission, due to which a situation of economic crisis has arisen in the state. ...