Himachal is now in the hands of Sukhwinder Sukhu, the name was finalized after day-long political drama, 10 things

Himachal New CM: Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu will be the new Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. After the result, infighting was going on within the Congress. For the time being, the rhetoric has stopped for a few days, but what will happen next is not known yet. The matter had become a bit interesting because state president Pratibha Singh had staked claim for the post of CM.

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1- Senior Congress leader and fourth-time MLA Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu will be the next Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, while Mukesh Agnihotri will become the Deputy Chief Minister.

2- After being elected the leader of the Legislature Party, Sukhu told the media, “I started political life at the age of 17. I am grateful to Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi and Kharge. I have reached here by rising above a common family. Rajiv Gandhi made me the state president of NSUI, Sonia Gandhi made me the state president of Youth Congress. Then Rahul Gandhi made him the president of the State Congress Committee.

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3- Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma, who hails from Himachal Pradesh, congratulated Sukhu after he was elected as the leader of the Legislature Party and said that he was happy that the Congress had taken a democratic decision and entrusted the responsibility to such a person. Handed over, who have risen from the bottom to the top.

4- In the meeting of the Congress Legislature Party in Shimla, Sukhu was elected as the leader of the Legislature Party in Shimla amid strong mobilization of state Congress President Pratibha Singh and some other leaders claiming the post of Chief Minister.

5- The swearing-in ceremony of the new government will take place on Sunday (December 10), in which Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and many other senior leaders will be present.

6- In the meeting of the Legislature Party, both observers- Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and the party’s state in-charge Rajeev Shukla were present. After the Legislature Party meeting, Shukla said that based on the opinion of the legislators, the high command has decided that Sukhu will be the Chief Minister and Agnihotri will be the Deputy Chief Minister. Agnihotri was the Leader of the Opposition in the previous assembly.

7- The Congress high command gave consent in the name of 58-year-old Sukhu, MLA from Nadaun. The Congress has 40 MLAs in the 68-member state assembly.

8- After the Legislature Party meeting, Sukhu, State Congress Committee President Pratibha Singh, Baghel, Hooda, Shukla and Agnihotri met Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar and staked claim to form the government.

9- Sukhu, who started his political career from NSUI, became the President of Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee in 2013 and remained in this post till 2019, while performing many responsibilities in the organization. He won the election for the first time in 2003 from Nadaun assembly seat in Hamirpur district and again in 2007 from here. He had to face defeat in the 2012 assembly elections, although he won again in the 2017 and 2022 assembly elections.

10- In a meeting held in Shimla on Friday (December 9) evening, the legislators unanimously passed a resolution empowering the party president to decide on the leader of the party legislature party, who would be the next chief minister of Himachal Pradesh.

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