SHIMLA: State Congress Organization General Secretary Rajneesh Kimta has claimed that Congress would wave the flag of victory in all the four Lok Sabha seats of the state as well as in the six assembly by-elections. He said that after the election results on June 4, the Congress government of the state would become even stronger. He has said that the Congress government has full majority and the government was not facing any kind of political threat.
Addressing a press conference at the state Congress headquarters Rajiv Bhawan on Friday he said that today a situation of rebellion has arisen within the BJP along with infighting. He said that the by-elections in the state were not of Congress against BJP, rather this election was being held with the rebel Congress MLAs, in which they would have to face a crushing defeat. He said that the BJP has tried to destabilize the Congress government in the state under a political conspiracy and it would have to pay the price for it. He said that the BJP has insulted the public opinion of the state by tearing apart the dignity of democracy in the state and has imposed six by-elections on the people of the state.
Kimta said that Congress has completed all its election preparations. All the party leaders, office bearers and workers were fully engaged in the election field. He said that along with brainstorming on the party candidates, Congress has also reached a consensus on the names and soon the party candidates would be announced.
Rajneesh Kimta wanted to know from BJP about fielding BJP candidate Kangana from Mandi parliamentary constituency, whether Kangana's name was sent by the state BJP executive. He said that Kangana never considered Himachal as her home. He cited a tweet of hers from Gwalior in 2021 in which she was asked to contest elections from Himachal. She had made it clear that she did not want to contest any election from a small state like Himachal. It was clear that there was a disorder in her mentality towards Himachal Pradesh. He said that her calling Public Works Minister Vikramaditya Singh from outside Mandi showed her lack of complete knowledge of this parliamentary constituency. He said that Rampur was an important part of Mandi parliamentary constituency and from here, along with former Chief Minister late Virbhadra Singh, currently State Congress President Pratibha Singh was representing Mandi parliamentary constituency as MP for the third time. He said that during the disaster, Kangana never took care of Mandi nor the state. He said that Congress would have a spectacular victory from Mandi parliamentary constituency.
Kimta also took on BJP MP Suresh Kashyap of Shimla parliamentary constituency and said that he never cared for the people during his five-year tenure. He said that he discriminated against the upper region of Shimla in terms of development. Not even a single rupee was given to more than 300 panchayats from the MP fund. He said that during the time of disaster, people kept looking for their MP but he was nowhere to be found. He said that today he was bowing down before the people for the sake of votes. He said that Suresh Kashyap could not protect the interests of the people of Shimla parliamentary constituency. He said that he could neither protect the interests of the gardeners nor the farmers. He said that Kashyap has proved to be a completely unsuccessful MP. He said that Congress was fielding strong candidates on all four Lok Sabha seats and would win all of them.
In response to a question, Kimta said that the rebels' homecoming would be based on their merits and demerits. In response to another question, he said that a consensus has been reached on the selection of candidates for all the seats of the Congress party. These names will be announced as soon as they were finalized in the CEC meeting. He said that there was strong coordination between the organization and the government in the state. He said that the Congress has fulfilled its 15-month tenure's achievements, which included restoration of old pension to employees and a guarantee of Rs 1500 to women. He said that the Congress government would fulfill all its election guarantees under the leadership of Chief Minister Thakur Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu.