Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday defended the decision to shut down offices and institutions opened under the previous BJP government, saying over 590 such establishments were set up during the fag end of its tenure without budgetary provision. He was reacting after former chief minister Jai Ram Thakur, who was on Sunday elected the leader of the BJP legislative party, termed as illegal the decision of the Congress government to close these institutions. Thakur said that the establishments were cleared by the state Cabinet with budget allocation and creation of posts, a claim contested by Chief Minister Sukhu who returned here from Delhi on Sunday.
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