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The Himachal Pradesh BJP connected Friday (April 3, 2026) demanded a probe by a sitting High Court Judge into the alleged irregularities successful the Chester Hills project, a high-end lodging strategy successful Solan, and termed the acting Chief Secretary holding a property league to “defend” himself “unprecedented”.
On March 31, Chief Secretary Sanjay Gupta held a presser to disregard the allegations against the Chester Hills lodging task arsenic baseless, and said that the information volition prevail erstwhile the probe is complete.
On March 30, the CPI(M) had claimed usurpation of onshore laws successful the project, and demanded an SIT probe into alleged onshore mafia activities, including benami onshore deals.
State BJP main spokesperson Randhir Sharma said connected Friday (April 3, 2026) that the enactment demands a high-level enquiry by a sitting High Court Judge into the violations successful the Chester Hills lodging project.
“When officers themselves travel guardant to warrant allegations and the authorities remains silent, it indicates that not conscionable something, but everything is wrong.
“There is an content that the authorities is not conscionable shielding the corrupt officers, but besides rewarding them by offering them extensions and plump postings,” Mr. Sharma alleged.
At the presser, Mr. Gupta, portion claiming to beryllium innocent, had pointed retired “irregularities” involving erstwhile Chief Secretaries.
Alleging usurpation of Section 118 of the Himachal Pradesh Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, the Left leaders had said that a just probe was intolerable unless the main caput was removed from his post.
Mr. Sharma besides alleged that the main minister’s bureau (CMO) was functioning much arsenic a centre of “commission culture” alternatively than a determination making body, and that its prestige was astatine stake.
The BJP spokesperson besides raised the contented of introduction taxation for rider vehicles, which precocious triggered protests and postulation disruptions astatine aggregate locations.
“By imposing ₹100 introduction taxation connected five-seater vehicles entering Himachal, the authorities has straight deed the communal man,” Mr. Sharma said.
On February 16, a notification was issued announcing that the introduction taxation for tiny rider vehicles volition beryllium accrued to ₹170 from the existing ₹70.
After receiving backlash, the taxation was fixed astatine ₹130.
On Tuesday, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu told the Assembly that the hike successful introduction taxation would beryllium rolled back, and aboriginal successful the evening, a notification was issued stating, “Keeping the wide public's convenience successful mind, the authorities has reduced the toll taxation complaint for rider vehicles from ₹130 to ₹100.”
