Himachal Pradesh's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Maneesh Garg, took a creative approach to promote voter awareness by releasing cycling t-shirts with a special message encouraging people to cast their votes.

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

Even as high profile Union Minister, Anurag Thakur, who is four time MP in a row, is seeking re-election from Hamirpur this time, it is the Mandi Parliamentary constituency which has become a hot seat with a lot of prestige attached to it for Congress as well as BJP in the Lok Sabha polls.

The Lok Sabha election in Mandi may turn interesting with Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee President and sitting MP, Pratibha Singh, who had earlier refused to contest citing some reasons, now toning down and indicating that the final decision on the ticket rests with the party high command.

Sitting MP and HPCC Chief Pratibha Singh’s refusal to contest from the Mandi Lok Sabha seat has not gone down well within her party’s rank and file, even as the BJP claims that Cong leaders are backing out of the poll fray out because they fear a drubbing in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

To have a senior party leader like her accuse the ruling dispensation of not giving importance and responsibilities to party workers also speaks volumes. Has morale among the troops hit such a low that there is no way out for the high command to salvage the situation?  

In a major political development, Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) Chief and sitting MP from Mandi, Pratibha Singh said she will not contest the Lok Sabha election this time.

Lok Sabha polls in Himachal are to be held in the 7th and last phase on June 1, which however gives time to Congress to work out a better strategy.

Chief Minister Sukhu and Top Congress Officials Unite in Shimla to Denounce BJP's Efforts to Destabilise State Government

The committee has been formed for better coordination between the state government and the organisation in the wake of the recent rebellion, it comprises the CM, PCC chief, Deputy CM, health minister and two senior former ministers, Kaul Singh Thakur and Ram Lal Thakur.

It is going to be a tight rope walk for the Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu with a section of Congress reportedly not in a mood to reconcile easily.