Leader Jairam Thakur expressed concern over the High Court’s decision to close 18 hotels

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Himachal Pradesh: The High Court’s decision to shutter 18 hotels run by the state’s tourist development corporation alarmed former chief minister and opposition leader in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly Jairam Thakur on Thursday.

Even during the COVID-19 epidemic, the top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politician said that the tourist department’s financial situation had improved.

“I would want to know why the Himachal Pradesh High Court ordered these hotels to shut. The state of the tourist department was better during the epidemic than it is today. The state administration is phoning certain individuals and giving them access to particular hotels, which is concerning,” Thakur told a media report.

“The state government is getting ready to turn these hotels over to private companies. This is an important issue for the state of Himachal Pradesh.

Naresh Chauhan, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu’s principal media advisor, said that the BJP was waging a concerted effort to discredit the state’s Congress-led administration.

Chauhan said at a news conference on Thursday that the opposition is politicizing a number of subjects as part of a wider plot, especially in light of the High Court’s recent ruling.

Regarding the court’s decision, Chauhan said the state government has established a committee to evaluate the problem and provide remedies, and he accepted the ruling.

“The Jairam Thakur-led government had previously proposed leasing or selling 16 tourism properties,” Chauhan added, criticizing the previous BJP government. Their objectives are called into doubt by this. Were these resources being utilized for party finance, or were they really intended for development? We are going to investigate this problem thoroughly.”

18 hotels operated by the Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (HPTDC) were ordered to close by the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Tuesday. After an employee of HPTDC filed a petition, the order was issued. The petition emphasized HPTDC’s incapacity to pay outstanding employee debts, and the court noted that the company has often expressed its unsustainable financial situation.