HP's farmers, youth troubled by BJP govt's wrong policies: Cong

New Delhi, Sep 23:-- The Congress has alleged that both farmers and youth of Himachal Pradesh are suffering due to wrong policies of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Senior Congress leader and Himachal Pradesh Congress in-charge Rajiv Shukla said during a press conference held at the party headquarters on Friday that the youth of the state are hurt by the Agniveer scheme of the central government. He said, there is frustration among apple farmers due to not getting proper price for their produce.

Shukla said that Himachal Pradesh is the largest producer of apples, the Congress family had done the work of getting it the status of Apple State. He said but apple farmers are troubled by the present BJP government. Shukla said that the state government has a debt of 70 thousand crores, which means that the people here have a debt of ?1.5 lakh per voter. The debt on the government here has increased by 51 per cent only in the last five years. He said that 67,500 government posts are lying vacant here, which the state government has not yet filled, despite this, the youth are not being given jobs.

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