Congress is fully prepared for the forthcoming Himachal Pradesh Assembly by-polls and will face the "money power" with unity, said HPCC General Secretary Rajneesh Kimta on Thursday while informing that the party in the state has appointed 3 ministers as in-charges for by-election to Dehra, Nalagarh, and Hamirpur assembly seats.
Agriculture Minister Chander Kumar has been appointed in charge of the Dehra assembly seat, Education Minister Rohit Thakur for Nalagarh, and Technical Education Minister Rajesh Dharmani for Hamirpur.
The by-elections are scheduled for July 10, after 3 Independent MLAs - Ashish Sharma (Hamirpur), Hoshiyar Singh (Dehra), and KL Thakur (Nalagarh) - resigned from the assembly on March 22 and joined the BJP the following day.
The Congress leaders are making continuous claims that nine MLAs, including six Congress rebels, and the three Independents who voted in favour of the BJP in Rajya Sabha polls on February 27 and BJP tried to topple the government by misusing money.
Khimta said the party has won four seats in the recent assembly by-elections, which proves that the people of Himachal Pradesh are happy with the policies, programmes, and leadership of the Congress government and the voters have rejected the horse-trading policies of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
He said that in the upcoming by-polls, the Congress will unitedly face the unethical tactics of the BJP and hoist the victory flag on these three seats.
The BJP had on Wednesday appointed incharges for these three seats.
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