The Himachal Congress on Monday alleged that the foundation stone laid by its national president Sonia Gandhi for the Rohtang tunnel a decade ago was removed before its inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 3.
In a letter to Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, State Congress president Kuldeep Singh Rathore said Gandhi had laid the foundation stone on June 28, 2010, in presence of the then Chief Minster Prem Kumar Dhumal and Union Minister Virbhadra Singh.
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, after whom the tunnel has been named, had announced the project during a public meeting at Lahaul-Spiti’s Keylong in June, 2000.
He had laid the foundation stone for an approach road to the tunnel in 2002.
