Former Himachal Pradesh BJP president Khimi Ram Sharma on Tuesday joined the Congress occasion within the presence of Rajeev Shukla, occasion in-charge for the state, in Delhi, barely 4 months forward of the Assembly elections. Apart from Shukla, the occasion’s state joint in-charge Gurkeerat Singh and AICC secretaries Sudhir Sharma and Tejinder Bittu have been additionally current. Ram has been a legislator from Kullu’s Banjar district twice and has reportedly left the occasion as he was denied a ticket within the earlier state polls.
Ram, a former minister and deputy speaker within the state, mentioned he takes satisfaction in becoming a member of the occasion that helped the nation attain freedom. Ram, former deputy speaker within the Vidhan Sabha and ex-state minister, mentioned that he was becoming a member of Congress to deliver a few optimistic change within the state, and the choice was not based mostly out of discontent along with his former occasion.
“I am not joining the Congress out of any anger towards the BJP. I have taken a well-thought out decision to take the Congress forward in Himachal Pradesh,” he advised information company PTI.
Ram was assured that the Congress would win the upcoming elections as a result of anti-incumbency issue enjoying out towards the ruling BJP on varied points resembling corruption, unemployment, inflation and worker issues associated to pension schemes.
“We will bring these issues before the people of the state and help form the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh,” he mentioned. Rajiv Shukla, whereas welcoming Ram to the occasion, mentioned that it is a sign of which method the wind is blowing within the state.
(With inputs from PTI)
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