Frozen loans, corruption charges hit Solan SC/ST Corp office

Solan, Sep 20 (UNI) The Himachal Pradesh Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation office has plunged into a fierce political storm over alleged financial irregularities, bureaucratic apathy, and misallocated welfare funds, in Solan. Mounting a scathing attack against the SC/ST Corp office, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dr. Rajesh Kashyap accused the corporation's Solan office of degenerating into an "epicenter of corruption." At the heart of the controversy is a staggering expenditure of Rs18 lakh sanctioned solely for constructing a single public convenience facility within the office complex-even as self-employment lending to genuine SC/ST applicants remains virtually frozen.…