By PTI
NEW DELHI: Riding on the anti-incumbency issue and elevating points like value rise and unemployment, the Congress in Himachal Pradesh is banking on the legacy of Virbhadra Singh to stage a comeback within the hill state.
The grand outdated get together is, nonetheless, confronted with inside rumblings and defections of a few of its outdated timers within the latest previous that will have an effect on its efficiency on the hustings.
Though the get together has fielded some younger leaders, together with former chief minister Virbhadra Singh’s son Vikramaditya and ex-minister B D Bali’s son Raghubir Bali, it did not subject a few of its Youth Congress leaders within the November 12 meeting polls.
Besides, the presence of a tall chief like Virbhadra Singh, who has steered the get together to many a victory, is lacking this time, though the get together is banking on his legacy as his spouse Pratibha Singh is main the cost at the moment.
The get together has additionally made a number of guarantees to woo the voters within the state.
These embody restoration of outdated pension scheme, 300 items of free energy, fee of Rs 1,500 to girls and authorities jobs to all these engaged on outsourced employment, that are catching the eye of voters to date.
Himachal has seen alternate governments of the BJP and the Congress for a lot of a long time now and that’s what the Congress has pinned its hopes on.
NEW DELHI: Riding on the anti-incumbency issue and elevating points like value rise and unemployment, the Congress in Himachal Pradesh is banking on the legacy of Virbhadra Singh to stage a comeback within the hill state.
The grand outdated get together is, nonetheless, confronted with inside rumblings and defections of a few of its outdated timers within the latest previous that will have an effect on its efficiency on the hustings.
Though the get together has fielded some younger leaders, together with former chief minister Virbhadra Singh’s son Vikramaditya and ex-minister B D Bali’s son Raghubir Bali, it did not subject a few of its Youth Congress leaders within the November 12 meeting polls.
Besides, the presence of a tall chief like Virbhadra Singh, who has steered the get together to many a victory, is lacking this time, though the get together is banking on his legacy as his spouse Pratibha Singh is main the cost at the moment.
The get together has additionally made a number of guarantees to woo the voters within the state.
These embody restoration of outdated pension scheme, 300 items of free energy, fee of Rs 1,500 to girls and authorities jobs to all these engaged on outsourced employment, that are catching the eye of voters to date.
Himachal has seen alternate governments of the BJP and the Congress for a lot of a long time now and that’s what the Congress has pinned its hopes on.
