In a boost for the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh, the party won two of the three seats on which bypolls were held in the state taking the party's strength in the 68-member state assembly to 40, the number it had before political crisis erupted in the state due to cross-voting in th
The results of assembly bypolls came as a setback for BJP which won only two of 13 seats with INDIA bloc winning 10 seats and an independent candidate winning a seat in Bihar defeating the ruling NDA.
In a statement issued by the party's General Secretary (Organisation), Venugopal said, "Today's by-poll results stand as a resounding victory for democracy and a strong rebuke to the BJP's divisive politics. Out of the 13 seats contested across Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Bih
Speaking on the rebel MLAs, Pratibha Singh said that the party always paid attention to your issues but you three joined the BJP and became their candidates.
Slamming the BJP over the recently concluded by-poll, Congress leader Pawan Khera said on Saturday that for the second time in one and a half months, the people of the country gave a strong message to the BJP.
Following the victory of Congress candidates in two out of three assembly constituencies in the recent by-elections in Himachal Pradesh, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday expressed happiness and congratulated all the winning candidates of the Congress party and INDI alliance
Following the victory of Congress candidates in two out of three assembly constituencies in the recent by-elections in the state, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said it was a victory of the people over money power.
Chief Minister Sukhu spoke to ANI on Congress leading on two out of three assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh, and said, "People of Himachal gave us 40 seats in 2022. People have given a befitting reply to the kind of poaching that happened in state politics in the past."
With the counting of votes underway, the Congress has taken the lead in the Nalagarh and Dehra seats of Himachal Pradesh, as well as the Badrinath and Manglaur seats in Uttarakhand.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Superintendent and an Inspector from the Central Goods & Services Tax (CGST) office in Solan, Himachal Pradesh, for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 8,000 from a complainant.
Himachal Pradesh Public Works Minister Vikramaditya Singh on Thursday attended the closing ceremony of the three-day block level under-14 sports competition of students at the Government Senior Secondary School, Okhru in Shimla Rural Assembly Constituency as the chief guest.