The elections to SMC were held after a near year-long delay. The five-year term of the civic body ended in June 2022, but the elections could not be held due to court cases challenging the delimitation of wards
Senior Congress leader Randeep Surjewala said the Congress would secure a two-third majority in the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections.
The three Congress leaders in race for Himachal Pradesh's Chief Minister's post are Himachal campaign chief Sukhwinder Sukhu, Himachal Congress unit chief Pratibha Singh, and Himachal Leader of Opposition Mukesh Agnihotri.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur has welcomed the newly joined leaders and asked them to work together toward a ‘historic victory’ of BJP.
Vikramaditya Singh, son of late CM Virbhadra Singh and PCC president Pratibha Singh, will again contest from Shimla (Rural) which brought his father last time as the CM.
