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But before he could complete his reply, Congress legislators started raising slogans against the government and walked out of the House. He accused the previous Congress regime of lowering the upfront premium charged from hydel projects from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 1 lakh. SHIMLA: On the issue of amendments to the hydel policy by the BJP government, the Congress not only created a ruckus inside the assembly but it also staged a walkout, raising slogans against the state government, without waiting for the reply of power minister Anil Sharma to be completed. Earlier on the issue, the ruling and opposition sides had locked horns in the assembly after the Congress had raised the issue.Leader of Opposition Mukesh Agnihotri and senior legislator Harshvardhan Chauhan termed the amendments to the policy as anti-state. He asked the opposition why they did not think about the interests of Himachal Pradesh then..