The Congress on Friday named Navjot Singh Sidhu as one among its star campaigners for the October 30 bypolls to 4 Himachal Pradesh seats — three meeting and one Lok Sabha. President.
In a letter to the Election Commission of India, Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal has submitted a listing of 20 star campaigners for Mandi Lok Sabha and Arki, Fatehpur and Jubbal-Kotkhai by-elections, which additionally contains Kanhaiya Kumar. Assembly seats.
Sidhu had final month submitted his resignation from the submit of Punjab Congress chief, saying he can’t compromise on the way forward for his state and its welfare. It was solely after a 10-day tussle with the excessive command that Sidhu began working as PPCC chief and instantly introduced a march to Uttar Pradesh to satisfy the households of farmers killed within the Lakhimpur Kheri violence.
The Congress has additionally listed two of its chief ministers – Charanjit Singh Channi (Punjab) and Bhupesh Baghel (Chhattisgarh) as star campaigners. Hooda and Punjab minister Gurkeerat Singh Kotli.
A notable title lacking from the checklist of star campaigners is that of former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, who shares household ties with Pratibha Singh, spouse of former Himachal CM Virbhadra Singh and Congress candidate from Mandi parliamentary constituency.
Others within the checklist embody senior get together leaders Anand Sharma, Rajeev Shukla, Asha Kumari, Dhaniram Shandil, Sachin Pilot, Sanjay Dutt, Thakur Kaul Singh, Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, Kuldeep Singh Rathore, Mukesh Agnihotri, Rajender Rana, and Dharamvir Singh Rana.
AICC co-in-charge for Himachal Sanjay Dutt stated that he has to finalize the dates on which the star campaigner will go to the state for the get together candidates.
It will not be but clear whether or not Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who even have residences within the state, will marketing campaign for the Congress.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
