Chandigarh, April 8- Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal today has expressed gratitude to the leaders of all the political parties of the state for the show of solidarity with the government at every step during this hour of national crisis due to Corona virus.

The Chief Minister gave this information after a video-conferencing with the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Bhupinder Singh Hooda, State Presidents of all the political parties, MLAs and some members of the cabinet.

The Chief Minister said that he was satisfied that the opposition parties appreciated the steps being taken by the government and the efforts of the officers and employees of all the departments to fight the Corona virus.

He said that there was a decline in the revenue generation of governments during the lockdown. Sharing the figures, he said that there was a decrease of about Rs 2,300 crore in the state revenue during the month of March 2020 and a decrease of Rs 4,000 crores in the month of April was estimated. He shared that to ensure that there was no shortage of funds for the necessary expenditure the state government might have to take loans for which the leaders of all the Opposition parties had given consent, as it is the priority of the government to tackle the pandemic.

The Chief Minister said that all the ministers of the state government have agreed to contribute Rs 51 crore from their voluntary fund towards Haryana Corona Relief Fund. He said that in the same way, the MLAs have agreed to contribute 30 percent of their monthly salary for one year and the former MLAs have agreed to contribute one month’s pension towards the state corona relief fund.

Leaders of all political parties assured that their workers would work together up to the booth-level to maintain social harmony.