Himachal Pradesh Assembly Bypoll: By-elections are to be held on July 10 on three assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh. The process of filing nominations in Dehra, Nalagarh and Hamirpur has been completed. Slowly, the election campaign is also gaining momentum now. Kamlesh Thakur, wife of Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, is contesting as a Congress candidate from Dehra. In such a situation, Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu is more focused on the Dehra assembly constituency. Kamlesh Thakur is contesting against BJP’s Hoshiar Singh.
Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu addressed a public meeting in Dehra. Along with BJP leaders, he also targeted former independent MLA Hoshiar Singh. Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu said- ‘Former independent MLA of Dehra Hoshiar Singh has bought the lotus and a sold lotus never blooms. Honest BJP workers are also not happy with the sellable former MLA Hoshiar Singh getting the ticket.’ He appealed to BJP workers to rise above party ideology and vote for the Congress candidate to save democracy. He said that the election is not between Congress and BJP but Congress versus sellable MLA.
Hoshiar Singh did not do the work of the public-CM Sukhu
Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh said that 15 months ago, the people of Dehra had elected him as MLA for five years. While voting, the people did not think whether the government would be formed by Congress or BJP. The people had elected an independent MLA. An independent MLA could have got work done from any government. But, after the formation of the Congress government, he gave priority to his own work. He did not get any work done for the public.
,Congress has absolute majority for three and a half years.
The Chief Minister said that the independent MLAs got sold in just 14 months. The Speaker asked the reason for their resignation. He also said that if your work was not getting done, you should have sat with the BJP. The independent MLAs kept saying that accept the resignation. The sellable MLAs have now resigned and are contesting elections on BJP tickets. Even if they win by mistake, how will their work get done, because for three and a half years there is a Congress government with full majority in the state.