Congress won all three Assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh
Shimla: Moving on to the 2022 Assembly elections, Himachal Pradesh Congress chief Kuldeep Singh Rathore Yesterday informed that the party is all set to run public awareness campaign to highlight the state government's failures from November 14 to 28.
Mr Kuldeep also congratulated the party workers and leaders for the big win of Congress in the recent elections where the party won all three assembly seats in the state.
In a Press Conference on Friday, Mr Kuldeep Rathore said that, "The day when our elected MLAs of Congress took an oath to office, neither the Chief Minister Jairam Thakur nor any state minister participated in the event. In a democracy, it is necessary to follow the traditions but the Chief Minister did not bother to follow the tradition."
He further added; "Congress was successful in taking the issues of the people. After the defeat of the current BJP government in the state in the recently concluded by-polls, inflation and potholes in the roads are visible. Notably, after the defeat, the central and state government immediately reduced the prices of diesel and petrol. However, there has been no reduction in the prices of LPG cylinders. Congress party would take up the issues of the people with more energy after this by-poll victory."
Chief than said that Congress will run public awareness campaign from November 14 to 28. Under this, a road march will be carried out in all the assembly constituencies. With this campaign, the failures of the government will be brought to the public.
Mr Rathore in this said; “On November 19, the birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi, the Congress party will start the membership drive. He said that Rajiv Shukla, in-charge of the affairs of the party for Himachal, will participate and the membership drive will continue till March next year.”
On November 2, Congress won the three Assembly seats in HP - Fatehpur, Jubbal-Kothkai and Arki - that went there on October 30.
In Fatehpur, Congress leader Bhawani Singh Pathania won against BJP candidate Baldev Thakur with a line of 5,789 votes. Mr Pathania secured a total number of 24,449 votes against Mr Thakur who secured 18,660 votes.
In Arki, Congress candidate Sanjay secured 30,798 votes and won against the BJP candidate Rattan Singh Pal who secured 27,579 votes with a margin of 3,219, Election Commission data on Tuesday.
In Jubbal-Kotkhai, Congress leader Rohit Thakur won against the Independent candidate Chetan Singh Bragta with 6,293 votes. Mr Thakur got 29,955 votes while Mr Bragta got 23,662 votes.
The Brief. Sign up to receive the top stories you need to know right now.