Tag: Himachal polls

Himachal Elections 2017: Congress manifesto woos farmers, youths, employees

he ruling Congress in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday released its manifesto for the November 9 assembly election, promising interest-free loans to farmers, laptops for students and special grade pay scale for all employees. Releasing the manifesto, Congress leader and Health Minister Kaul Singh said all marginal and small farmers in the state would be extended...

November 1, 2017

Amit Shah accuses Virbhadra govt of not utilising Central grants properly

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah on Monday started the campaign trail in Himachal Pradesh and said the government did not utilise the Central grants properly. Addressing a public meeting at Jawali in Kangra district, Shah said the Congress government did not let the people of the state take benefits from Central schemes as these schemes...

October 31, 2017

Himachal polls: Cong, BJP battle it out on social media to woo young voters

With around 46 per cent voters falling in the category of youth in Himachal Pradesh, both Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are battling out on the social media to woo this section of the electorate. The war on social media platforms has kept the leaders of both the parties busy as allegations and counter-allegations keep flooding...

October 30, 2017

Govt employees a key factor in Himachal Pradesh polls

The government employees have always been a key factor in deciding the fate of parties in Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls as their numbers are formidable. There is little opportunity in the private sector in Himachal Pradesh, although the industry is growing here over the last two decades. Though the successive governments in the state claim to...

October 26, 2017

Himachal polls: In a dramatic twist, Stokes files papers from Theog

In a dramatic turn of events on the last day of nomination, the Congress party chose to field senior minister, Vidya Stokes, 89, in Theog Assembly segment in Shimla district again. Confusion prevailed as Deepak Rathore, who was declared as official nominee of Congress for Theog on Sunday evening filed his nomination on Monday morning. After that, getting a...

October 23, 2017

Elections together

The BJP in its 2014 election manifesto promised to hold elections to the Lok Sabha and the state Assemblies simultaneously in future. The Election Commission has said it is logistically ready to hold simultaneous elections by September 2018 subject to adequate supply of Electronic Voting Machines and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail machines which the...

October 22, 2017

Himachal polls: 95 nominations filed on penultimate day

As many as 95 nominations were filed on Saturday for the November 9 Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls. With this, the total number of nominations filed for the polls so far has gone up to 195. The last day for filing nominations is October 23. There will be no nomination filing on Sunday. Twenty-three candidates, including...

October 22, 2017

73 file nominations for Himachal polls on day 4; total 100

As many as 73 candidates filed their nominations for the November 9 Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls on the fourth day of filing papers on Friday, taking the total number of nominations filed so far to 100. Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh (Arki), state Health Minister Kaul Singh (Drang), Agriculture Minister Sujan Singh Pathania (Fatehpur), Social Justice...

October 21, 2017

Himachal polls: EC asks political parties to follow directions on campaign material

The Election Commission has directed all the political parties to keep in view the directions issued by the Commission while printing and publishing any campaign material. A spokesperson for the State Election department said on Tuesday that every book or paper printed should have printed legibly on it the name of the printer and place...

October 17, 2017

Don’t deface public property during polls: Himachal HC

Acting tough ahead of the November 9 assembly polls, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Tuesday directed the state election officials to ensure that no defacement of public property by any political party takes place in the run-up to the electoral exercise. A division bench, comprising of acting Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Ajay...

October 17, 2017

Himachal polls: Inter-state security arrangements reviewed

In the wake of upcoming polls in the state, security arrangements on the interstate borders, reviewed by Himachal Pradesh Police along with the police officials on Monday. During the inter-state co-ordination meeting with the senior police officials of the neighbouring states of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir, HP Police briefed on the security...

October 16, 2017

Himachal polls: Filing of nominations to start on 16 October

The filing of nominations for the November 9 Assembly polls in Himachal Pradesh is scheduled to begin on 16 October, but both the major political parties — the Congress and the BJP — are yet to announce their candidates. The last date for filing nominations is October 23, scrutiny of papers is scheduled to be...

October 15, 2017

Himachal polls: Congress minister Anil Sharma joins BJP

In a setback to the Congress in poll-bound Himachal Pradesh, former Telecommunication Minister Sukh Ram’s son Anil Sharma, who was a sitting cabinet minister in Virbhadra Singh-led present government, has joined the BJP. Sharma’s induction to the party would be announced officially later in the day in New Delhi, Bharatiya Janata Party state spokesperson Ganesh...

October 15, 2017

Himachal polls: Vidya Stokes offers Theog seat to Virbhadra

Oldest politician in Himachal Pradesh, Congress minister Vidya Stokes, 89, is ready to leave her battlefield Theog Assembly constituency in Shimla district for chief minister Virbhadra Singh in the ensuing Assembly polls. The CM may, however, take the final call on this in a few days. “I have an offer from Theog MLA and the...

October 12, 2017