The youngest Congress legislator, Singh, is optimistic about winning the elections and fulfilling his father’s dream of making Shimla Rural the best Assembly segment in the state.
Suresh Bhardwaj will now contest the Assembly polls from Kasumpti after the party’s candidate Sanjay Sood, who runs a tea shop in Shimla got the election ticket to contest from Shimla Urban.
In the Assembly, the BJP currently has 43 members followed by 22 of the Congress. There are two Independents and one CPM MLA in the Assembly.
The ECI did not announce the dates of the Gujarat Assembly polls which were also expected to be held by the end of this year.
It said Modi’s vision and commitment to strengthening health services across the country is being showcased again with the inauguration of AIIMS, Bilaspur.
Thakur said that Nadda is holding meetings with the workers of the party and exuded confidence in winning the Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal which will be held later this year.
Vikramaditya Singh, the son of former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Late Virbhadra Singh said this while addressing media persons in Shimla on Thursday.
Six of the deceased have been identified as Saurabh, Priyanka Gupta, Kiran, a resident of Delhi, Rishab Raj, and Anshika Jain and Aditya from Uttar Pradesh, Kullu superintendent of police Gurdev Sharma said.
Ten others were injured in the accident that took place at 8:30 pm on Sunday in Ghiyaghi in Banjar subdivision.
Modi addressed a rally of the BJP youth wing in Mandi via video-conferencing as he could not reach the venue by helicopter due to inclement weather.
Currently, they have been meeting with the DCs with SPs, further details about the matter would be revealed on Saturday.
With this recommencement, the airline will expand its network in Himachal Pradesh so that commuters can fly to Delhi-Shimla-Delhi daily, Alliance Air said in a statement.
The Assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh are likely to be held later this year.
All India Congress Committee (AICC) member Sohan Lal Thakur said that the implementation of the old pension scheme was on top priority among 10 pre-poll guarantees recently announced by the party.
He recalled former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and said that his coming to the state in 2002 gave opportunities and employment.
Inaugurating a heliport at Rampur in Shimla district, Thakur said the state government was determined to develop a network of heliports to improve air connectivity and to give a boost to tourism in the areas that have not been explored by tourists.
For Rana, a mass leader from Jammu, this is first big responsibility in the party, after he joined BJP last year from National Conference.
Besides, former HP Assembly Speaker Rajeev Bindal has been made the state BJP election management committee president, he added.
The functions are being held in Solan, Shimla, Hamirpur, and Una districts on 75 years of the formation of Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday.
Twenty-two people, who were stranded following a flash flood in the state’s Hamirpur district, were evacuated safely, they said.
The official said that the heads of closed educational institutions shall strictly comply with the order issued as a matter of public safety.
The leader of the opposition in the state Assembly Mukesh Agnihotri in a Facebook post on Friday asked if the chief secretary was removed on the directions of the Prime Minister’s office (PMO).
Nadda will also visit Nahan Medical College in the evening, he added.
Mokhta said that the Kangra district emergency operations centre said that 6-7 people got stuck in Neugal Khad in Thural in Dheera subdivision due to an instant increase in the water Level.
So far, 4,167 people have died from the infection in the state, where the number of total cases reached 3,08,944. Currently, the state has 2,319 active cases.
