Congress MLAs will meet in Shimla on Friday to decide on the Chief Minister, after registering a victory in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls. The Himachal Congress Legislature Party meeting will be held today at 3 pm at State Congress Headquarters Rajiv Bhawan. Himachal Pradesh Congress in-charge Rajeev Shukla, and observers Bhupesh Baghel and Bhupendra Hooda will also be present in the meeting.
The legislators are likely to pass a resolution and authorize the party's high command to take the final call on the chief minister. The Congress, which has not projected a chief ministerial candidate in the hill state, was earlier planning a meeting of its legislators in Chandigarh but later changed its plans after getting a clear majority.
These candidates including Pratibha Singh are contenders for the post of CM
It is a herculean task for Congress to select its chief ministerial candidate among various candidates including Pratibha Singh. Former state Congress chief Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu and CLP leader Mukesh Agnihotri are being seen as other contenders for the post.
Earlier on Thursday, Shukla had said that the party chief would decide who would be the chief minister of Himachal Pradesh.
Speaking to ANI on the election results in Himachal Pradesh, he said that the party chief will decide on the chief minister's post. Meanwhile, some Congress leaders feared attempts at 'poaching' by the BJP.
Congress returned to power after five years
In the results announced on Thursday, the Congress has returned to power in Himachal Pradesh after five years. Riding on the anti-incumbency wave, the Congress won 40 seats in the 68-member assembly. While the Congress won 40 seats in Himachal Pradesh, the BJP won 25. Independents won three seats and AAP failed to open its account in the state.
In Himachal, in terms of vote share, the Congress was marginally ahead of the BJP, garnering 43.88 percent votes as against its rival's 42.99 percent. Others got 10.4 percent votes in the hill state. Himachal Pradesh has a long tradition of alternating governments and the Congress was in favor of the anti-incumbency wave.
Now other countries are also taking interest in the mechanism of settlement of international trad
Arvind Kejriwal has put an end to the news of the alliance between the Aam Aadmi Party and Congre
Petrol-Diesel Price Hike: Petrol and diesel prices rise again; increase of 91 paise per liter.
Amidst the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, fuel prices in the country have been hiked for th
Will Cyclone Montha also affect Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar? IMD provides an update
Cyclone Montha will hit the coast of Andhra Pradesh today, Tuesday, according to the Indian Meteo
New Zealand off-spinner Michael Bracewell on Friday dismissed any talk of India getting an unfair
Air Pollution: 'Old people like me are suffering', Sonia Gandhi slams government over air pollution
Opposition leaders protested against the serious problem of air pollution in the National Capital
There was an uproar over the distribution of free Bibles at the ongoing World Book Fair at Pragat
After the horrific train accident in Odisha, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) worked t
The violence that has been going on for the last several months in Manipur does not seem to be cu
Anil Sharma Plans to Send Gadar 2 to Oscars: No one had imagined the success of Sunny Deol and Am
