A day after an HPCA spokesperson said that they had written to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking removal of Governor Urmila Singh over grant of prosecution sanction against former Chief Minister P K Dhumal, the Congress today hit back.
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today said that the HPCA spokesperson should "see as to what is he and where he stands before speaking against the Governor".
"He is nothing but just a pawn acting on the advice of his 'aakas' (patrons), Anurag Thakur (HPCA president) and Dhumal and he should be ashamed of his action and must know that he is being utilised and used by Dhumals who don't have the courage to openly confront the government and are playing dirty politics from behind against the constitutional head of the state," the Chief Minister said.
"Making reckless statements against the Governor was insult of the constitutional office and Dhumal and his son (Anurag) needs to learn lessons in this regard," he said.
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In a fresh attack on HPCA, vice-chairman of forest corporation Kewal singh Pathania today questioned why Dhumals and HPCA are "silent" on conversion of the sports body from a registered society to a limited company without the approval of the Registrar (Societies).
"Anurag and Dhumal should tell the public how hundreds of deodar trees were felled and destroyed overnight for building the cricket stadium," he said.
Meanwhile, the HPCA denied charges levelled against it. "...The HPCA has never deceived the authorities and public and such false charges will not hamper its commitment to provide a valued sports infrastructure to the people of Himachal," HPCA spokesman Sanjay Sharma said in a statement.