Virbhadra rules out mid-term polls im HP, says his govt stable

Asserting that his government was firm and stable, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today ruled out mid term assembly polls in the state.
"My government enjoys absolute majority and would complete its five year term. BJP leaders, who are spreading canards regarding the stability of my government, would be disappointed," he said while talking to mediapersons here.
Singh also ruled out any reshuffle in his cabinet and said all ministers were functioning well.
The ministers have been given complete freedom to work the way they want, but once the cabinet takes a decision it is binding on all the ministers, he said.

"I am not a dictator. I am concerned about the well-being and welfare of the masses but the decisions taken in the state cabinet are binding on all ministers and no one should have an impression that he is above the cabinet," he added.
Hitting out at BJP leaders, especially former Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal and his MP son Anurag Thkaur, for "unleashing a vilification campaign against him", Singh said their nefarious designs would never succeed.
"The previous BJP governments led by Dhumal had tried to implicate me in false cases but thanks to God, I got clean chit from courts and came out unscathed," he said.