Shimla, March 26 -- In her maiden speech in the Himachal Pradesh assembly, Dehra MLA Kamlesh Thakur hits out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre saying "Three sisters - LPG, MGNREGA, and RDG-are on ventilators".

Kamlesh Thakur (55), a first time MLA - was elected from the Dehra Assembly seat in a June 2024 by-election, is among the three female MLAs - two from Congress and one BJP, in Himachal Assembly. She is wife of chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.

"On the auspicious occasion of Navratri, I thought it was appropriate to present her views in the House for the first time", said Kamlesh, while participating in the budget discussion.

Targeting the government at the Centre, Kamlesh Thakur, said, "Currently, ...