Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi appealed to people of Himachal Pradesh to carry on good traditions of the state like festival of Shivratri, Kull Dusehra and changing state government after every five years. Addressing an election meeting at Paddal Ground on Monday she said, “The tradition to change government after

In a major political development on the last day of nominations for Himachal Pradesh Assembly election,  BJP has refused to give Form A and B for allotment of party ticket to its Kullu nominee Maheshwar Singh and replaced him with a new candidate Narotam Thakur who  filed his nomination papers on

In another jolt to Congress in poll bound Himachal Pradesh  a senior Congress leader Vijay Singh Mankotia and former Congress MLA  Rakesh Kalia have joined BJP. Mankotia joined BJP in the presence of national president of BJP Jagat Prakash  Nadda and Harsh Mahajan at Bilaspur on Tuesday . Mankotia, who had won five

As many as 38 candidates filed their nomination papers on the fourth day for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly election on Thursday. Prominent among those who filed their nomination papers are Congress candidates Kaul Singh Thakur (Darang). Leader of opposition Mukesh Agnihotri (Haroli), Bhawani Singh Pathania (Fatehpur),  Inder Dutt Lakhanpal (Badsar) ,

The BJP leadership has tried to contain further discord in the party witnessed after release of names of 62 candidates to contest Himachal Pradesh Assembly election on Wednesday, through its second list released on Thursday. In the second list the BJP has accommodated former ministers Ramesh Dhwala from Dehra and

Nine candidates including Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur filed their nomination papers on the third day of filing nominations for Himachal Assembly election on Wednesday in the state. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur filed his nomination papers at Thunag in the afternoon for Seraj Assembly constituency. Before filing his nomination

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) HP state committee  has finalized names of eleven candidates to contest the ensuing Assembly election in Himachal Pradesh. The CPM Secretary Dr.  Onkar Shad said , “ The CPM has decided to contest eleven seats in the coming Assembly election in Himachal Pradesh “.

In the absence of finalization of party candidates by two major political parties in Himachal Pradesh i.e BJP and Congress the filing of nomination on the first day on Monday  was quite sluggish . Not many candidates turned up to file their nomination papers and at many places not even