Cong gears up for Himachal Assembly elections

Our Correspondent

Palampur, November 26

The Congress has already won the semifinals by defeating the BJP in the byelections in Himachal. Now, the party is preparing for victory in the Assembly elections next year, said HPCC president Kuldip Rathore and Leader of the Opposition Mukesh Agnihotri while addressing a rally of Congress workers at Jwalamukhi in Kangra district last evening.

Both leaders urged the party workers to maintain the campaign momentum after the recent byelection victory. “We are making people aware about the wrong policies of the BJP, which have led to inflation, unemployment and corruption, and caused hardships to them,” said Rathore. The Congress president is being credited with the party’s stupendous win in the byelections by forging unity.

Agnihotri said that people had rejected the BJP and acknowledged the Congress in the byelections. He added that the party cadres were motivated and they want to stop the BJP from retaining power in the 2022 Assembly elections.

Agnihotri said that they had started a padayatra to all those constituencies where the party had never won a seat in the past few years. He added that there were over 22 Assembly constituencies where the party’s vote bank was not strong, and all senior leaders would visit these constituencies over the next few months. Sudhir Sharma, Sanjay Rattan, Ajay Mahajan, Chander Kumar Chaudhry and other state and district leaders also addressed the gathering.