After a two-month-long marketing campaign, the destiny of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu’s authorities for 25 nominees in six Meeting by-polls in Himachal Pradesh can be selected June 1. Along with the elections for the 4 Lok Sabha seats of Hamirpur, Mandi, Kangra, and Shimla, by-elections are being held in six Meeting segments: Sujanpur, Dharamshala, Lahaul and Spiti, Barsar, Gagret, and Kutlehar.
The meeting seats grew to become vacant following the disqualification of Congress rebels who defied a celebration whip throughout the funds vote to help the federal government.
As per PTI report, these legislators supported the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) within the Rajya Sabha polls on February 29, later joined the BJP, and are actually contesting the by-elections on BJP tickets from their respective Meeting segments. Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu criticised the rebels, calling them “bikau” (bought out) and “kale naag” (snakes), urging voters to punish them.
Political leaders held massive rallies and “nukkar” (nook) conferences, particularly in constituencies with simultaneous Meeting by-elections and Lok Sabha elections. Native points dominated the marketing campaign as a result of Meeting by-elections.
Sukhu accused the BJP of plotting to topple the democratically elected authorities in Himachal Pradesh utilizing cash energy and expressed confidence that the Congress will defeat the BJP with fashionable help.
The BJP’s marketing campaign centered on the Congress authorities’s unfulfilled guarantees, the slogan “Modi teesri bar” (Narendra Modi as prime minister for a 3rd time period), and the development of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Additionally they labeled the Congress as “anti-Ram” for not attending the temple consecration ceremony.
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Congress vs BJP Struggle In Himachal For Lok Sabha, Meeting Bypolls
The Congress lashed out on the Agniveer scheme for short-term army recruitment, alleged threats to democracy, and BJP’s horse-trading. Additionally they addressed unemployment and inflation points.
Each events mentioned apple growers’ points from completely different views. The Congress promised one hundred pc import responsibility on apples, elimination of GST on farm inputs, mortgage waivers, and subsidies on fertilisers and pesticides. The BJP highlighted schemes like Kisan Samman Nidhi and photo voltaic fencing for apple farmers.
The six Meeting by-elections are essential for Sukhu’s 17-month-old authorities’s survival and stability. The entry of BJP rebels Ram Lal Markanda and Rakesh Chowdhary has created a triangular contest within the Lahaul and Spiti and Dharamshala Meeting by-elections, respectively. Rajinder Rana, who narrowly defeated BJP’s Ranjeet Singh Rana within the 2022 Meeting election, is now contesting the Sujanpur by-election on a BJP ticket towards his former rival, who has since joined the Congress.
Within the Gagret Meeting by-election, Congress insurgent Chetanya Sharma is working because the BJP candidate towards Rakesh Kalia, who rejoined the Congress after being denied a ticket by the BJP in 2022.
Congress leaders additionally criticised the central BJP authorities for not offering monetary reduction after the extreme monsoon calamity final 12 months. In “Devbhoomi” Himachal Pradesh, the marketing campaign reached new lows as political leaders overtly attacked their opponents, used foul language, and made private jabs at them.
In Mandi Lok Sabha seat, the reputations of Kangana Ranaut and Vikramaditya Singh—the son of Virbhadra Singh, the six-time former chief minister and inheritor to the previous Rampur royal household—are in jeopardy. There are additionally important stakes for former Union minister Anand Sharma, the Congress candidate from Kangra Lok Sabha constituency, and Union Info and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur, who’s working for a fifth time period as a member of Parliament from Hamirpur.