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June 13, 2024, 02:32 AM - 2 mins read
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.
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June 10, 2024, 02:51 AM - 4 mins read
Election Commission declares by-polls to three Assemblies segments, Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh, vacated due to resignation by three Independent MLAs who have joined BJP.
Read more![Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.newsarenaindia.com%2F%2Fuploads%2Fsukhunai-11jpg_1717171277300.jpg&w=3840&q=8)
May 31, 2024, 09:01 AM - 3 mins read
Himachal CM Sukhu said, “It's not an ordinary election in Himachal, it's between honesty and dishonesty and will set the course of future politics in the hill state.”
Read more![Congress candidate from Kangra, Anand Sharma. Congress candidate from Kangra, Anand Sharma.](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.newsarenaindia.com%2F%2Fuploads%2Fanandnaijpg_1716902937177.jpg&w=3840&q=8)
May 28, 2024, 06:28 AM - 5 mins read
While Congress banks on Sharma’s stature and maturity in politics, BJP hopes to cash in on his outsider tag and seek votes on PM Modi’s name.
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May 17, 2024, 06:17 AM - 4 mins read
The party’s confidence stems from it having has 13 out of 17 MLAs in the constituency, with five of them as ministers, three Central Parliamentary Secretaries and deputy speaker.
Read more![With this, Congress has now declared candidates for all four Lok Sabha seats and six Assembly segments, which are going for by-poll simultaneously with Parliament polls. With this, Congress has now declared candidates for all four Lok Sabha seats and six Assembly segments, which are going for by-poll simultaneously with Parliament polls.](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.newsarenaindia.com%2F%2Fuploads%2Fjagginaijpg_1715228934510.jpg&w=3840&q=8)
May 8, 2024, 09:28 PM - 1 min read
With this, Congress has now declared candidates for all four Lok Sabha seats and six Assembly segments, which are going for by-poll simultaneously with Parliament polls.
Read more![Congress candidate from the Kangra Lok Sabha seat Anand Sharma. Congress candidate from the Kangra Lok Sabha seat Anand Sharma.](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.newsarenaindia.com%2F%2Fuploads%2Fanandnaijpg_1714737272964.jpg&w=3840&q=8)
May 3, 2024, 04:54 AM - 3 mins read
When asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been saying that "election is a mission and not an ambition" for him, Sharma said that the prime minister should not have said the things he has been saying and his "claims" that the BJP has already won the elections are "undemocratic".
Read more![Congress tries to throw up the challenge of ‘stature’ in Kangra Congress tries to throw up the challenge of ‘stature’ in Kangra](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.newsarenaindia.com%2F%2Fuploads%2Fkangranai-1jpg_1714566265873.jpg&w=3840&q=8)
May 1, 2024, 05:18 AM - 5 mins read
Former Union Minister, Anand Sharma may have to work very hard to strike a chord with locals in his maiden electoral battle for Lok Sabha in Kangra, yet many in Congress are enthused that he may give the party an advantage of sorts with his national-level stature and the capacity to take up issues in public against BJP’s low profile candidate Rajeev Bhardwaj.
Read more![Political equations have gone haywire for both BJP and Congress in the Himalayan state, with many awkward firsts in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls and Assembly by-polls Political equations have gone haywire for both BJP and Congress in the Himalayan state, with many awkward firsts in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls and Assembly by-polls](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.newsarenaindia.com%2F%2Fuploads%2Fsukhunai-3jpg_1714387243841.jpg&w=3840&q=8)
April 29, 2024, 03:22 AM - 5 mins read
Political equations have gone haywire for both BJP and Congress in the Himalayan state, with many awkward firsts in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls and Assembly by-polls
Read more![Swapping parties, Congress and BJP rebel pitted against each other in Sujanpur Swapping parties, Congress and BJP rebel pitted against each other in Sujanpur](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.newsarenaindia.com%2F%2Fuploads%2Fcongressnai-3jpg_1714211210169.jpg&w=3840&q=8)
April 27, 2024, 02:46 AM - 4 mins read
Fifteen months after the formation of Congress government in Himachal Pradesh in 2022, Congress and BJP rebels are locked in a direct fight in the by-poll.
Read more![Congress clears three candidates for Himachal assembly by polls Congress clears three candidates for Himachal assembly by polls](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.newsarenaindia.com%2F%2Fuploads%2Fcongressnai-7jpg_1714149667798.jpg&w=3840&q=8)
April 26, 2024, 09:35 AM - 2 mins read
Interestingly, the party chooses to field BJP rebels on Congress tickets against Congress rebels contesting on BJP tickets in Sujanpur Assembly segment in the Hamirpur district.
Read more![Congress throws up OPS and women's card in poll arena in Himachal Congress throws up OPS and women's card in poll arena in Himachal](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.newsarenaindia.com%2F%2Fuploads%2Fhimachalnai-7jpg_1713956040416.jpg&w=3840&q=8)
April 24, 2024, 03:54 AM - 4 mins read
The women voters comprise nearly 49 % of the total 56.2 lakh electors in Himachal Pradesh, while the strength of government employees is also formidable in the hill state, both play important roles in the elections in Himachal Pradesh.
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