Congress to pick out its CM in Himachal amid sloganeering by supporters

Amid the political tensions in Himachal Pradesh, Congress chief Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu refuted the claims of him being the chief minister candidate.

While speaking to reporters in Shimla, the Congress chief mentioned “I am not a CM candidate. I am a disciplined soldier and worker of the Congress party and an MLA. Party high command’s decision will be final”. Congress MLA Harshvardhan Chauhan additionally mentioned that the ultimate determination will likely be taken by the get together excessive command.

“Whatever decision the Congress high command takes, we will accept it. We will put forward our suggestions, but the decision will be taken according to the opinion of the elected MLAs,” he mentioned.

Earlier at present, Congress Himachal in-charge Rajeev Shukla had mentioned that the get together will likely be having a gathering with the MLAs.

“All the MLAs are reaching here, and when they will reach here, we will have a meeting, where a resolution will be passed to authorize the party high command,” he had mentioned.

He additional mentioned that there isn’t any dispute within the get together.

“Voting only happens if there is a dispute, and there is no dispute in our party,” he added.

Meanwhile, the supporters of Congress Himachal President Pratibha Singh gathered outdoors the Congress Shimla headquarters and demanded her appointment because the chief minister.

Amid all of the sloganeering, they mentioned that the get together has acquired the mandate solely beneath her management, and it will be an enormous mistake on the a part of get together excessive command if she just isn’t given the cost.

On Thursday, Congress got here out victorious within the meeting elections, that have been held within the hill state, by successful 40 seats, whereas the BJP might handle solely 25 seats.

However, finalizing its chief ministerial candidate for Himachal Pradesh seems to be a sticky job for Congress with varied aspirants within the fray together with Pratibha Singh, widow of former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, former state get together chief Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu and CLP chief Mukesh Agnihotri.

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