Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday got a rousing reception at his home district Mandi with people gathering in thousands on the roads to wave hand or have a glimpse of the Chief Minister.
This was the first visit of Thakur to his home district after assuming the charge of Chief Ministers office.
It almost took more than seven hours to reach Mandi from Bilaspur with welcome gates erected after each kilometre as the Chief Minister accepted the honour being given by the people and expressed his gratitude.
The Chief Minister was given warm welcome by one and all enroute Mandi at several places including Dhanotu, Kanaid, Dadour, Nerchowk, Gutkar, Jarol, etc.
IPH Minister Mahinder Singh Thakur, MPP and Power Minister Anil Sharma, MLAs Inder Singh Gandhi, Rakesh Jamwal, Jawahar Thakur, Vinod Kumar were also present on the occasion amongst others