Addressing the first election rally in Himachal's Mandi, the Prime Minister cropped up the issue of defence deals during the Congress regime at the Centre and said that the party always "wanted a commission" in every deal which led to the delay in the procurement of weapons for the forces
Negi passed away Saturday morning at his native place in Himachal Pradesh's Kalpa, days after he cast his last vote in the 14th Assembly elections of the state.
The polling for the by-polls will take place on December 5 and the votes will be counted on December 8, coinciding with the result dates of the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections.
Thakur said that Congress's attitude towards development was always of 'stifling and hanging'. Congress has always put obstacles to stop the development of Himachal.
Aam Aadmi Party announced Isudhan Gadhvi, the party's National Joint General Secretary as its chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections.
Addressing a public meeting in Himachal's Solan, Singh said, "People of this country can evaluate well what earlier governments did and what present government is doing. Cong has been in power for a long time post-independence. But only two PMs-Atal Bihari Vajpayee and PM Modi-gave importanc
The Gujarat Assembly elections are all set to take place in two phases on December 1 and 5, the results of which will be declared on December 8, which will coincide with that of the Himachal Pradesh polling outcome.
"First phase of Assembly elections in Gujarat to be held on 1st December & second phase on 5th December; counting of votes to be done on 8th December," Rajiv Kumar said.
Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Thursday chaired a meeting with party leaders in Gandhinagar ahead of the Gujarat Assembly Elections.