New Delhi. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, who was recently appointed senior Congress observer for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections, held a meeting with top party leaders from the state here yesterday. The meeting was attended by All India Congress Committee (AICC) Himachal Pradesh in-charge Rajiv Shukla, observers Sachin Pilot and Pratap Singh Bajwa, State Congress Committee chief and MP Pratibha Singh and other party leaders. During this, Baghel discussed giving booth management training and strengthening the organization at the grassroots level before the elections.
After the meeting, Pilot said, “There is widespread anger against the present government in Himachal Pradesh, people are struggling with inflation and unemployment. We will fight this election unitedly and get the majority.” Sources said that many party leaders, including campaign committee chairman Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu and Pradesh Congress Committee working president Vinay Kumar, discussed the idea of taking the campaign forward. Discussed and discussed the strategy related to media.
Assembly elections are due in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh later this year. The Congress wants to regain power from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in both the states. It may be noted that the Congress had to face defeat from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Punjab Assembly elections. At the same time, the performance of the party (Congress) in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur was also disappointing, while the BJP retained power in these four states.
Meanwhile, sources close to Baghel rubbished the speculations about his (Baghel’s) meeting with the top Congress leaders in view of the alleged tension between the chief minister and his cabinet colleague TS Singh Dev.
