Shimla, May 26 -- Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Congress state government, alleging that Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu had become "fully compromised" before allegedly corrupt officers and was functioning like a "puppet in the hands of bureaucrats."In a statement issued from Mandi, Thakur strongly criticised the government's decision to appoint the incumbent Acting Chief Secretary Sanjay Gupta as the regular Chief Secretary despite the matter being under judicial scrutiny.
He said the appointment had raised serious questions over the government's intentions, especially when the officer's appointment had been challenged through a public interes...