Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The effect of yesterday is visible in the politics of the country. Krishna Dutt Sultanpuri (KD Sultanpuri) became MP six times from Shimla parliamentary constituency. This time Congress has fielded his son Vinod Sultanpuri in the election battle. Krishna Dutt Sultanpuri, father of Vinod Sultanpuri, the current MLA from Kasauli, won the Lok Sabha elections six times from 1980 to 1998. Now Vinod Sultanpuri also faces the challenge of carrying forward his father’s legacy.
Senior Congress leader Ram Krishna Shandil, who was the booth level agent of Krishna Dutt Sultanpuri in the year 1980, says, ‘Krishna Dutt Sultanpuri wanted to contest the Lok Sabha elections of 1996 from Shimla parliamentary constituency for the fifth time, then Virbhadra Singh was not in favor of giving him the ticket. .
Virbhadra Singh believed that Krishna Dutt Sultanpuri had won the Lok Sabha elections several times. In such a situation, a new face should be given a chance. He further told that the then Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao held one hand of Virbhadra Singh and the other hand of Krishna Dutt Sultanpuri. Holding the hands of both, PV Narasimha Rao took the side of Krishna Dutt Sultanpuri. PV Narasimha Rao said that the person who has been winning many times, will definitely win the election this time too. In this way KD Sultanpuri again entered the electoral battle and won.
Krishna Dutt Sultanpuri never lost an election
Senior Congress leader Ram Krishna Shandil tells another story. He says that everyone knew Krishna Dutt Sultanpuri as KD Sultanpuri. Although KD meant Krishna Dutt, people also called him ‘KD i.e. rich in luck’. Krishna Dutt Sultanpuri, who was very close to Virbhadra Singh, never lost the election and he won the election in 1980, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1996 and 1998. Lok Sabha Elections Won consecutively.