FIRs to be registered against 'false news' on social media against Himachal CM Sukhu: Media asvisor Naresh Chauhan

Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 15 (ANI): The Himachal Pradesh government has taken strict action against the dissemination of "false news" on social media targeting Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, said Naresh Chauhan, Principal Advisor (Media) to the Chief Minister.
He said that instructions have been issued to register FIRs against those responsible for spreading misleading information.
He said that, for the past few days, there has been a concerted effort to tarnish the image of the Chief Minister through "unfounded propaganda on social media. This is an unfortunate and deliberate conspiracy."
In response, the Chief Minister's Office has directed that FIRs be filed against the channels involved in this false propaganda. Besides, the legal action would be taken to put an end to the baseless and malicious content being circulated, he said.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Sukhu's position has been cemented further after the Congress won two of the three seats in the Assembly bypolls, taking the party's strength in the 68-member state assembly to 40, the number it had before a political crisis erupted in the state due to cross-voting in the Rajya Sabha polls.
The Congress won the Dehra and Nalagarh seats, while the BJP won the Hamirpur seat.
The bye-elections were held due to the resignation of three independent MLAs who later joined the BJP.
Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu's wife, Kamlesh Thakur, won from Dehra. This is the first time the Congress has won the seat since it was created in 2012 after delimitation.
Kamlesh Thakur clinched victory by a margin of 9,399 votes. She polled 32,737 votes against the BJP's Hoshiyar Singh, who received 23,338 votes. Hoshiyar Singh had resigned as an independent candidate and joined the BJP.
Congress' Hardeeep Singh Bawa won from Nalagarh in Solan district. (ANI)