The deceased was identified as Suraj Shah, a tourist from Maharashtra’s Satara district.
Sukhu had said that the State Finance Department was directed to develop a detailed proposal regarding the implementation of OPS to facilitate National Pension System (NPS) employees of the State.
The Congress wrested Himachal Pradesh from the BJP in the November state polls winning 40 seats in the 68-member assembly. The saffron party won 25 seats and three went to Independents.
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Sukhu was part of both Youth Congress and NSUI. He called upon Youth Congress and NSUI to work hard with utmost devotion and discipline so that the Indian National Congress could regain its eminence in different states.
Besides Sukhu, Agnihotri and the HPCC chief, other newly-elected Himachal MLAs, including Pratibha Singh’s son Vikramaditya Singh, and AICC in-charge of the state Rajeev Shukla joined the march after the tea break during its morning session.
The tremors were felt around 10.02 pm and the epicentre of the earthquake was Chango Nichla near Nako in Kinnaur, Special Secretary Disaster Management Sudesh Mokta said.
Kharge told the party leadership in the state to fill up all vacancies in the government and make appointments in the boards and corporations soon.
Besides this, the government directed the department to furnish reports on laying of foundation stones and inaugurations done during this period. The department will have to give the report to CM Sukhu within 72 hours.
The leader of opposition in the outgoing Assembly, Agnihotri, 60, was one of the frontrunners for the post of chief minister.
A loyalist of the Gandhi family, Sukhu is a four-time MLA (58) and former chief of Congress in the state.
Son of a road transport corporation driver, Sukhu, 58, had a modest beginning and used to run a milk counter at Chhota Shimla in his early days.
Sukhu said that he is happy that despite being from an ordinary family he is going to be the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh
Mukesh Agnihotri, the leader of the opposition in the outgoing Assembly, will be the deputy chief minister, the party said after a meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP).
The Congress wrested Himachal Pradesh from the BJP, winning 40 seats in the 68-member Assembly. The results of the November 12 assembly elections were declared on Thursday.
The Congress on Thursday won 40 seats in the 68-member Assembly in the hill state which maintained its tradition of not voting any incumbent government to power since 1985.
Shandil defeated Kashyap by a margin of 3,858 votes.
The Congress on Thursday appeared to be heading to achieve majority in Himachal Pradesh as it surged ahead of the BJP, winning 16 seats and leading in 23 others.
The party was leading in 40 seats of 68 till noon in the hill state with most of its top leaders having won their seats.
The Seraj constituency falls under the Mandi parliamentary seat, which state Congress chief Pratibha Singh represents. She won it in a by-election.
Mahajan is the son of former Congress stalwart Des Raj Mahajan who was assembly speaker twice and had won from the Dalhousie constituency in 1967, 1972 and 1982.
HP Assembly Election 2022 Result Live: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Indian National Congress are major parties in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly election.
In Himachal Pradesh, which went to the polls on November 12, the Republic-PMARQ exit poll gave 34-49 seats to BJP with a vote share of 44.8 per cent.
The number ranges between 21-60 in 4478 primary and 895 middle schools and 61 to 100 in 681 primary and 47 middle schools, a recent report by Unified District Information System for Education stated.
Congress workers held a protest and also accused the polling party of interfering with the EVMs, prompting the district election commission authorities to immediately suspend the polling party members.