New Delhi/Patna:  Accusing BJP leaders Prem Kumar Dhumal and his son Anurag Thakur of "abusing authority" in Himachal Pradesh, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said their actions would cause Rs.100 crore loss to the exchequer. Thakur, the BJP Lok Sabha member from Hamirpur, however, termed the allegations "baseless".

Ramesh told reporters in Delhi that when Dhumal, the former Himachal chief minister, was in power in 2002, he allotted 16 acres of land in Dharamsala to the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA), headed by his son Thakur.