Following the victory of the Congress candidates in two out of three Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in the recent by-polls in Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister, Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu addressed a large gathering of Congress supporters at his official residence, today.
He said that the people have shown dust to those who betrayed their faith for money. It's a victory of 'janbal' over 'dhanbal'.
The Chief Minister said it was a victory for the voters of the state and the dedicated efforts of Congress party workers.
"The voters have strongly rejected the politics of horse-trading and have voted to maintain political integrity in the state."
He said the election outcome has sent a clear message to the entire country and in future no candidate of any party in Himachal Pradesh will dare to engage in horse-trading.
He said that attempts to destabilise the government since 28 February 2024 have been successfully thwarted and the conspiracies aimed at toppling the democratically elected government failed. With this victory, the number of Congress party MLAs in the assembly has risen to 40 again.
He slammed the leader of the opposition Jai Ram Thakur for his repeated claims of forming the BJP government in the state and the Centre before Lok Sabha elections terming the BJP's "Operation Lotus" the biggest failure. He said that despite the clear mandate of the public, Jai Ram Thakur continued misleading the people of the state by making false and exaggerated claims.
The Chief Minister also condemned the deeds of three independent MLAs and said these three have imposed the bye-election on the people by conspiring to overthrow the government.
"Rather than supporting the opposition in the assembly, these MLAs left the state for a month and staged a protest to have their resignations accepted outside the Vidhan Sabha. The public has given a befitting reply to their obstinacy through the election results, which is also a good lesson for all those who were trying to destabilize the congress government in the state," he said.
He said that in the by-polls held in 13 Assembly constituencies all over the country, the BJP had only won two seats out of 13 and that too with a thin margin which indicated that the people across the country were rejecting the autocracy of the BJP leaders, its ideology and policies of being in power by befooling people.
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