Raj Bhawan at centre stage of politics

Himachal Pradesh Raj Bhawan is at the centre stage of politics in the state these days. Chief minister Virbhadra Singh had met governor Dev Vrat, asking him to give nod to pending bills pertaining to regulation of sports bodies and amendments in town and country planning laws not very long ago. Then, Virbhadra and Himachal Congress chief Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, along with ministers and party officebearers, went to Barnes Court, as it was known for a long time, to submit a memorandum against demonetisation. Transport minister GS Bali and party general secretary Harbhajan Singh Bhajji were vociferous in complaining about the cash crunch. (CONTRIBUTED BY SUKHDEEP KAUR, ANEESHA SAREEN KUMAR, RAVINDER VASUDEVA, GURPREET SINGH NIBBER, RAJESH MOUDGIL, NARESH K THAKUR AND GAURAV BISHT)