BJP will win all LS seats in HP: Jai Ram
: Former Himachal chief minister and leader of opposition Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday said that if byelections in nine assembly constituencies are held alongside the Lok Sabha elections in Himachal Pradesh, it will pave the way for BJP to form the government in the state.
Thakur said this while speaking at the introduction meeting held by BJP at Narwana in Dharamshala, for the former Congress legislator, Sudhir Sharma, who recently joined BJP and is now party’s candidate for assembly bypolls from Dharamshala.
Jai Ram said that despite having a majority in the Rajya Sabha elections, the Congress candidate lost, on the basis of morality the CM should have resigned on the same day. “After the defeat in the Rajya Sabha elections, Congress expelled 15 BJP MLAs from the Assembly, if 15 BJP MLAs had not been suspended, the budget would not have been passed and the government would have fallen on the same day. The government has lost its moral right to remain in power,” he said.
He said that three Independent MLAs have submitted their resignations to the state assembly speaker, but they have not been accepted.
Sudhir Sharma, while addressing the gathering said, “When the Congress government came into power, we anticipated a positive transformation. However, over the past 14 months, the government’s actions have halted the development, the elected representatives were humiliated, and neglected party workers.”
Will have an office in Mandi to serve people: Kangana
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Mandi parliamentary seat and Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut, who is campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections in Mandi, on Tuesday said that she joined politics with the spirit of service.
She campaigned in the Darang and Balh assembly constituencies in Mandi.
Kangana said that she will have an office in Mandi and just like a government employee, she will serve the people of Mandi.
“Congress leaders are calling me an outsider. Why don’t they themselves come to Mandi and serve. Why do their leaders go to contest elections from Wayanad instead of their home? Today, if the BJP is giving opportunities to new people in politics, the Congress leaders fear this,” she said.
On reaching Darang, Kangana mentioned her kinship many generations ago and said that the blood of Drang is flowing in her veins too.
She asserted that the derogatory remarks directed at her serve as evidence of the Congress party’s attitude towards the daughters of Mandi.
“Congress had ruined the country, but after taking over the reins of this country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has today made it a leader on the path of development,” she said.
“Just as the Prime Minister serves the people of the country by calling himself the prime servant, in the same way I have also come to serve the people of Mandi parliamentary constituency by working as a servant,” she said.