The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Uttaranchal celebrates the State’s first birth anniversary with a hail of election promises.
PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI
in Dehra Dun
Frontline
Volume 18 – Issue 24, Nov. 24 – Dec. 07, 2001
ALTHOUGH with an unimpressive track record, the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Uttaranchal began its second year in office with fanfare. The party converted the first anniversary celebration of the nascent State on November 9 into a platform to launch its election campaign. At a “star-studded” show, which was attended by, among others, Union Home Minister L.K. Advani and Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi, the new Chief Minister, Bhagat Singh Koshiyari, made announcements aimed at pleasing different sections of society. [more]