Dehra (Kangra), Nov. 15 -- Former BJP MLA Hoshiar Singh on Saturday accused the Himachal Pradesh government of turning the newly opened Chief Minister's Office (CMO) in Dehra subdivision into a "white elephant" and a "political hub" for the ruling Congress.

Hoshiyar Singh alleged and told UNI that the Chief minister office (CMO), opened by the present Congress government in Dehra, has no designated officers, staff or even a peon, rendering it meaningless for the people of the constituency. He said lakhs of rupees from the state exchequer were wasted on setting up an office that serves "no administrative purpose" and has instead left the people feeling "politically cheated."The former MLA claimed that local Congress MLA Kamlesh Thakur, wife...