Shimla, April 17 -- Former BJP state president and MP Suresh Kashyap on Thursday criticised the Congress-led Himachal Pradesh government over "delays" in completion of the Pinjore-Baddi-Nalagarh National Highway project and accused it of derailing it.

Kashyap said the facts presented by the Union ministry of road transport and highways have completely exposed the state government's failure, making it clear that the project did not stall on its own, but was derailed due to the state's inability to deliver even basic requirements like land.

The Centre shared this information with Kashyap in reply to a question he submitted about the project during the recent session.

"The contractor didn't leave the project-the state government pushed hi...