congress in himachal pradesh

The BJP on Monday clinched its sixth consecutive victory in Gujarat, and ousted the ruling Congress from Himachal Pradesh. With these wins, the BJP increases the tally of states it is in power in to 19.Morning trends in Gujarat showed the Congress give the ruling party a tough fight, with the party taking an apparent lead in the 182-member Assembly with 81 seats, as opposed to the BJP's 78.

Realizing the power of social media websites now congress in himachal pradesh has decided to take online route to reach out to voters across hill state ahead of 2014 election.

For the Himachal Pradesh byelections on two assembly seats of Dharamshala and Pachhad (SC), both BJP and Congress have finalized their candidates. On Dharamshala seat, both BJP and Congress have fielded candidates from Gaddi community who have a dominant presence in the constituency. Against Vijay Inder Karan of Congress, BJP has fielded Vishal Nehria. Interestingly both candidates are contesting their first assembly election.

Rahul Gandhi is learnt to have planned a two-day — May 16 and 17 are the tentative dates —- interaction with the HP unit of the party after the end of the campaigning for Tamil Nadu and Kerala Assembly polls.

On the issue of decreasing import duty on Washington apples by 20%, the congress in himachal pradesh has stepped up attacks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government at Centre.

Congress party has won the assembly elections in Punjab with a thumping majority but in Himachal Pradesh it is facing the challenge to retain power.

To ensure only candidates with clean image get to contest the Assembly polls, the congress in himachal pradesh has decided to ask ticket hopefuls to furnish personal details like their contribution to the party, list of properties and criminal record, if any, in a set form. A form was approved in a meeting of the Pradesh Congress Committee on Sunday.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday dissolved the entire Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC), including district and block units. This move aims to restructure the state unit following factionalism and internal discord evident in the recent Rajya Sabha elections. Pratibha Singh, the outgoing PCC president, has joined the Congress Working Committee.

A range of exit polls on Gujarat gave BJP anywhere between 125 and 161 seats in the 182-member House. In Himachal, polls were unanimous on the contest being close but divided on the verdict, though most gave BJP the edge. In the MCD elections in Delhi, all the polls suggested a crushing victory for AAP, ending 15 years of BJP supremacy in the capital’s municipal body.

Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh, on Tuesday, refuted allegations of fudging documents to justify his family's income.

The exit polls, this time, show a close fight between the BJP and congress in himachal pradesh. Both the parties are claiming to form the government with absolute majority.

The ruling congress in himachal pradesh on Friday retained its hold on the SMC winning 15 out of 25 wards of the body.

Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, 58, will be the 15th chief minister of Himachal Pradesh after the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) chose him as its leader Saturday evening, ending nearly two days of high drama and a tug-of-war in the hill state that gave the mandate to Congress in the just-concluded elections. Mukesh Agnihotri, 60, will be the deputy CM.

The BJP has held Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra responsible for the travails of the farmers in Himachal Pradesh. BJP's in-charge of Information and Technology department Amit Malviya on Tuesday alleged that Priyanka had made several promises to the farmers before the 2022 Himachal Pradesh assembly election. He alleged that the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu government of the Congress in the hilly state has failed to fulfil the promises made by Priyanka forcing the farmers to destroy their produce such as apples and peas.

Congress candidate Harish Janartha on Thursday won from Shimla constituency in Himachal Pradesh with a margin of 3037 votes. While Congress is leading on 39 seats out of 68 and BJP is leading on 18. Janartha won with a total count of 15803 votes while the candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sanjay Sood trailed behind with 12766 votes.

The three major political parties in Chandigarh are the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the Congress. The AAP has moved its councillors out of the city to states under their governance, owing to a "favourable and cordial atmosphere." The BJP's councillors are currently staying in Kasauli, while those of the Congress are in Roopar and Anandpur Sahib. The AAP councillors are in Ropar and Anandpur Sahib, while those of the BJP are in Morni. The BJP has made all the arrangements for the stay of its councillors until Monday, the day of the polling.