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Gujarat, Himachal Election Results 2022 Live Updates: Drama in Himachal Congress as key meeting under way to pick chief minister
The Congress, which wrested power from the BJP in Himachal Pradesh, has convened a meeting of all its newly-elected MLAs in Shimla on Friday where a resolution is likely to be passed authorising the party president to pick the CLP leader. The Congress on Thursday won 40 seats in the 68-member Assembly in the hill state which maintained its tradition of not voting any incumbent government to power since 1985. Deciding on the chief ministerial face who can bind the party going forward is the immediate challenge for the Congress. Stay with TOI for all updatesRead Less
The battle for the CM post has intensified within the Himachal Pradesh Congress as the supporters of party's state unit president Pratibha Singh are pressurising the high command through observers. A majority of MLAs are siding with Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and the rest are with other claimants in small groups.
39 Congress legislators are present in the meeting, one legislator on the way from Mandi to Shimla. Observers, Congress State Chief and AICC in charge of Himachal Pradesh are present in the Congress Legislature Party meeting.
Himachal Congress Legislature Party meeting begins in Shimla to discuss appointment of next chief minister
#WATCH | Congress Legislature Party meeting underway at party office in Shimla. Congress Himachal Pradesh in-char… https://t.co/RRppFcBOIO
— The Times Of India (@timesofindia) 1670597197000Congress Legislature Party meeting underway at party office in Shimla.
A person chosen by the elected MLAs and party high command will be the chief minister of Himachal Pradesh: Sudhir Sharma, Congress MLA from Dharamshala
Drama outside Congress office in Shimla
#WATCH | Supporters of Himachal Pradesh Congress Chief Pratibha Virbhadra Singh raise slogans outside Congress head… https://t.co/OIDCVkKyYa
— ANI (@ANI) 1670595770000There are no separate groups in Congress. CM will be decided by MLAs in the CLP meeting. Party high command to take the final decision: Sanjay Ratan, Congress MLA from Jawalamukhi
I am not a CM candidate. I am a disciplined soldier and worker of the Congress party and an MLA. Party high command's decision will be final: Congress leader Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
Shimla | No series of meetings are being conducted...Awaiting the arrival of all MLAs for the CLP meeting where a proposal will be passed, and the final decision will be taken by the party's high command: Rajeev Shukla, Congress Himachal Pradesh in-charge
Thirty-six outgoing MLAs will not be members of the fourteenth Himachal Assembly -- 26 members lost the elections while 10 others did not contest
Senior Congress leaders and former ministers, including Kaul Singh, Asha Kumari and Ram Lal Thakur, also failed to win. The new faces included Lokender Singh (Anni), Dr Janak Raj (Bharmour), Triolok Jamwal (Bilaspur), D S Thakur (Dalhousie), Puran Chand (Darang), Deep Raj (Karsog), Dilip Singh (Sarkaghat), Ranvir Singh Nikka (Nurpur), all from the BJP.
Eight cabinet minister were trounced.
Only three -- outgoing Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and his cabinet colleagues Bikram Singh and Sukh Ram Chaudhary -- managed to retain their seats. BJP stalwart Rajiv Bindal, who was elected to the assembly five times in a row and served as minister, speaker and party's state unit president, lost the poll.
23 first-time MLAs in 68-member Himachal assembly
Among the 68 newly elected legislators in Himachal Pradesh, 23 are first-timers -- 14 of the Congress, eight of BJP and one independent. The election, results of which were announced Thursday, threw up many upsets and surprises.
EC notifies names of newly elected legislators in HP Assembly
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday notified the names of newly elected members of Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha alongwith their party affiliation and presented it to Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar. Principal Secretary ECI Rahul Sharma and Chief Electoral Officer Maneesh Garg met the governor and presented a certificate bearing names of members elected in the recently held Vidhan Sabha elections.
Pratibha Singh arrives at Congress headquarters in Shimla
#WATCH | Himachal Pradesh Congress Chief Pratibha Virbhadra Singh arrives at Congress headquarters in Shimla for th… https://t.co/3GZ8N8fTfD
— ANI (@ANI) 1670590164000Himachal Pradesh Congress Chief Pratibha Virbhadra Singh arrives at Congress headquarters in Shimla for the Legislature Party meeting.
Pratibha Singh's supporters raise slogans in Shimla
#WATCH | Himachal Pradesh Congress Chief #PratibhaVirbhadraSingh's supporters raise slogans in her support outside… https://t.co/MkZHR75A4d
— The Times Of India (@timesofindia) 1670587536000The moment all MLAs reach Shimla, there will be a CLP meeting....Voting happens where there is a dispute and there is no dispute: Congress leader Rajiv Shukla, in charge of Himachal Pradesh
Watch: Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel's carcade stopped
#WATCH | #HimachalPradesh State Congress chief #PratibhaSingh's supporters gathered outside Oberoi Cecil hotel in… https://t.co/G5UcoH7fQq
— The Times Of India (@timesofindia) 1670578911000Supporters of state president Pratibha Singh blocked the car of AICC central observers demanding to make her the chief minister in Shimla
Congress observers meet Himachal governor ahead of MLAs' meeting to pick CM
Himachal Pradesh Congress in-charge Rajiv Shukla and party observers Bhupesh Baghel and Bhupinder Singh Hooda meet with State Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, at Raj Bhawan, in Shimla on Friday. (ANI Photo)
