Newly appointed Chairman of 7th State Finance Commission (SFC) Nand Lal paid a courtsey call on Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla today.
Amid the political crisis in Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu exuded confidence on Friday that his government will run for 5 years.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday said that some Congress MLAs sold their souls and went against party ethics to cross-vote in the Rajya Sabha elections.
The Chief Minister inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of 13 development projects worth Rs 88.78 crore in Kasauli during his one-day tour to the area.
"Vikramaditya Singh was in the cabinet meeting yesterday. I had a discussion with him. After the cabinet meeting, he went to Chandigarh and met other legislators at Lalit Hotel there. He has tried to influence the minds of other (rebel) MLAs. Some of them want to come back to the Congress,"
As the Congress national observers brokered in a truce in Himachal amid fears of a churn at the helm, Leader of Opposition Jairam Thakur on Thursday said the ruling party may have saved the government for now but the chances of survival in the coming days were 'slim'.
Congress observer DK Shivakumar on Thursday averted the crisis in Himachal, saying that Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu government will stay and all the MLAs want Congress government for 5 years, adding that a six-member coordination Committtee is being setup betwen the party and the state governm
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar who was appointed as an observer for the Himachal Pradesh political crisis said on Thursday that all is well and the government will complete its five-year tenure.
Even as Himachal Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu held a breakfast meeting with MLAs to deal with the crisis facing his government, the state Congress president Pratibha Singh and her MLA son Vikramaditya Singh continued to exert pressure on him, saying they had highlighted issues th
The Congress observers appointed to address the crisis in Himachal Pradesh recommended maintaining Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu as Chief Minister till the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, sources said on Thursday.
Ahead of the Assembly session, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has called a 'breakfast meeting' of all Congress MLAs on Thursday in Shimla.
Arguing that the BJP's vote share in Kerala has reached its saturation point, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday dismissed the prospect of the ruling party at the Centre doing better in the upcoming Lok Sabha election.