Shimla:

BJP MLA from Sundernagar Rakesh Jamwal and former Chief Parliamentary Secretary and Congress leader Sohan Lal Thakur locked horns with each other on Congress candidate Vikramaditya Singh. BJP MLA used harsh words to criticize the Congress candidate, which irked the Sohan Lal Thakur.

Jamwal, the Chief spokesman of BJP constantly targeting the Congress candidate Vikramaditya Singh on development issues since after Congress nominated him on Mandi seat.

Jamwal said that “the people of this parliamentary constituency will ask the Congress candidate what he has done being Public Works Minister in the last 15 months rule of state government  for Mandi region. This parliamentary constituency is represented by Vikramaditya Singh’s father six term former Chief Minister late Virbhadra Singh and his mother  Pratibha Singh, the wife of late Virbhadra three times each. He should tell the public what they did for the development of this parliamentary constituency during their tenure as an MP.”

The harsh comments of Jamwal irked the Congress leader from Sundernagar Sohan Lal Thakur, who objected the comments of Jamwal. In a media interaction at Sundernagar, Sohan Lal Thakur said that “the comments of BJP MLA Rakesh Jamwal against Congress candidate Vikramaditya Singh are derogatory, which is unacceptable. Such comments doesn’t suits to BJP MLA. Criticism should be on facts rather using derogatory remarks to a person.”

Sohan Lal Thakur also objected the comments of BJP candidate Kangana Ranaut against the Vikramaditya Singh and said that “personal derogatory remarks against Congress candidate by the BJP leaders are unacceptable and we condemned their act.”

Targeting the leader of opposition Jai Ram Thakur, Sohan Lal said that Jai Ram is misleading public on airport issue in Mandi. The reality is that he could not start work on this project here during his tenure as a CM.