Vikramaditya Singh is a real hero of politics, who did excellent work at the time of rain disaster in Himachal, says CM Sukhu in Mandi.
He targeted BJP by saying that it tried to destabilize the state government by purchasing six Congress MLAs of HP Vidhan Sabha during Rajya Sabha election in February this year.
Shimla:
Congress candidate PWD Minister Vikramaditya Singh today filed his nomination paper to the district election officer Mandi to contest Lok Sabha election on Mandi parliamentary seat. On this occasion, he was accompanied by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, Congress incharge for Himachal Rajeev Shukla, Congress president Pratibha Singh and few other leaders.
Later, a public meeting was held at historic Seri Manch Mandi, which was addressed by CM Sukhu in favour of Vikramaditya Singh to get public support for him in this election on June 1.
CM said that Vikramaditya Singh, who is a minister of Public Works Department, is a real hero of politics, who did great job at the time of rain disaster in Himachal last year. The major affected districts were Mandi and Kullu, where massive destruction occurred because of rain fury. Vikramaditya worked relentlessly to restore roads connectivity for the convenience of people in this region.
He said that Vikramaditya will be always among the public to serve you, while the BJP candidate from Mandi Kangana Ranaut is brought here from Mumbai for one month film shoot. Director of this film is a flop director leader of opposition Jai Ram Thakur who had already directed two films unsuccessfully.
Taking a dig at Jai Ram Thakur, CM said that “Jai Ram directed his first film ‘Hum Riwaz Badlenge’ in 2022 during assembly elections in the state but people of state changed him. In February this year, during Rajya Sabha election, he directed another film operation lotus in Himachal but this film could not get any success. Now he is directing a third film in the Lok Sabha election, which is definitely going to flop.”
CM alleged that “at the time of disaster in Himachal last year, Jai Ram Thakur did not support the government to provide financial assistance from the central government to deal with the situation. Central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not give any financial assistance to Himachal to deal with the disaster effectively. Finally state government released a sum Rs 4500 crore from its own exchequer to provide relief to the affected people.”
“During previous BJP regime, Jai Ram Thakur led state government misused the funds of state exchequer and he put the state under heavy debt” he remarked.
CM said that BJP stole Congress’s one seat of Rajya Sabha from Himachal by using money power. He urged the public to ensure win of Congress on six assembly seats and four Lok Sabha seats in Himachal to teach lesson for its misdeed.
CM said that for money, six Congress rebel MLAs compromised their dignity and they gave their votes to BJP candidate in the Rajya Sabha election in Himachal. Now they are in a poll fray on BJP ticket and it is a battle between corrupt and honest. Congress has fielded honest candidates on all seats.
He urged the public to support Vikramaditya Singh in this election on June 1. He also appealed to ensure victory of candidates on all four Lok Sabha seats and six assembly seats in Himachal
Deputy CM Mukesh Agnihotri also targeted the BJP on this occasion. Senior leader of Congress party, Kaul Singh Thakur also spoke on the occasion.
Congress candidate Vikramaditya Singh also addressed the public and put his vision in front of them. He said that Mandi city will be developed as smart city, which major road tunnel projects Bhubhu jot and Jalori jot tunnels in Mandi and Kullu districts will be executed to benefit the area residents.
He said that his focus will be to bring this parliamentary constituency on the top in the country in context of development.
On this occasion, CM Sukhu, Congress incharge for Himachal, Rajeev Shukla, Co- Incharge Sanjay Dutt, Congress state president Pratibha Singh, Tribal Development Minister Jagat Singh Negi, Chief Parliamentary Secretary Sunder Singh Thakur, Senior Congress leader Kaul Singh Thakur, former minister Prakash Chaudhary, former CPS Sunder Singh Thakur, Chairman State Congress intelectual cell Vijay Pal Singh, MLAs from Rohru, Rampur, Mandi and Kullu were present at the dais.