Politics
HP Polls 2017: Complete lists of BJP & Congress Star Campaigners

Shimla: The political battle over the power in Himachal Pradesh has gained more momentum as the last date of the nomination is over. As per official report, total 479 candidates including independent candidates have filed their nominations.
Both the major candidate parties, BJP and Congress, have also announced the list of their star campaigner who will appeal people to cast votes in favor of their respective parties in the elections to the Legislative Assembly of HP scheduled for November 9.
Each party has named about 40 personalities including the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Yogi Adityanath, Amit Shah and top leaders of the opposition including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.
However, the parties have not declared the schedule for these campaigners.
Cong Star Campaigners | BJP Star Campaigners |
Sonia Gandhi | Narendra Modi |
Rahul Gandhi | Amit Shah |
Manmohan Singh | Rajnath Singh |
Sushil Kumar Shinde | Arun Jaitley |
Ghulam Nabi Azad | Nitin Gadkari |
Ambika Soni | Sushma Swaraj |
Virbahdra Singh | Ramlal ji |
Anand Sharma | Jagat Prakash Nadda |
Amarinder Singh | Thawarchand Gehlot |
Sukhvinder Singh Sukku | Smriti Irani |
Sheila Dikshit | Uma Bharti |
Bhupinder Singh Hooda | Shivraj Singh Choudhary |
Harish Rawat | Manohar Lal Khattar |
Selja Kumari | Yogi Adityanath |
Bhanwar Jitender Singh | Trivendra Singh Rawat |
Jyotiraditya Scindia | Nirmal Singh |
Sachin Pilot | VK Singh |
Randeep S Surjewala | Vijay Sampla |
Raj Babbar | Mangal Pandey |
Ranjeet Rajnjan | Manoj Tiwari |
Pramod Tiwari | Satpal Maharaj |
Pratabh Singh Bajwa | Satpal Singh Satti |
Sunil Jakhar | Prem Kumar Dhumal |
Manish Tiwari | Shanta Kumar |
Navjot Singh Sidhu | Anurag Thakur |
Amarinder Singh Raja Brar | Virendra kashyap |
Gaurav Gogoi | Ram Swaroop Sharma |
Sushmita Dev | Sambit Patra |
Bhulam Ahmed Mir | Pawan Rana |
Ashok Tanwar | Chandra Mohan Thakur |
GS Bali | Ram Singh |
Kaul Singh Thakur | Praveen Sharma |
Kuldeep Sharma | Rashmidhar Shud |
Pritam Singh | Ganesh Dutt |
Charanjit Singh Channi | Sandeepni Bhardwaj |
Man Preet Singh Badal | Uttam Choudhary |
Madan Lal Sharma | Sikander Kumar |
Jaiveer Shergil | Suraj Negi |
Kailasho Saini | Mohammad Rajbali |
Vishal Chouhan |
The BJP will be banking on the ‘Modi wave’, which is rapidly losing its force post demonetization and haphazard implementation of the Goods Services Tax (GST).
While BJP will concentrate on inflicting damage to the reputation of the Congress party in Himachal by rubbing salt in the wounds of the Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh by highlighting over the money laundering and disproportionate assets cases, Congress is likely to highlight the developmental achievements of the current government, failure of Gujrat model, demonetization, and GST.
Congress is likely to stick to activities like opening or upgrading of schools, primary health centres, colleges etc. and introduction of skill development program and allowances.
The dynasty politics is another issue that the BJP will try to exploit. Along with Chief Minister’s son, there are other Congress leaders who have managed to secure ticket for their offspring i.e. Champa Thakur and Ashish Butail.
For Congress, the son of BJP supermo Amit Shah’s son, Jay Shah, will be on Congress’s target.
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Himachal Records 81% Turnout in 3rd Phase of PRI Polls, Congress Makes a Come Back in Theog MC after 20 Years

Shimla-The third phase of elections to Panchayati Raj Institutes in Himachal Pradesh recorded around 81 percent polling on January 21, 2021. The elections were held in 1137 Gram Panchayats in this phase. The highest 94 percent polling was registered in Lodhi Majra Panchayat of Nalagarh development block in Solan district. This information was released by a spokesperson of HP Election Commission
District-wise, Sirmaur recorded 85% turnout, followed by Solan (85%) Kullu (84%),Chamba (82.8%), Mandi (82.7%), Una (81.1%), Shimla (82%),Una (81%), Bilaspur (80.3%), Hamirpur (78.1%), Kangra (78%), and Kinnaur (70%).
Further, 48 COVID-19 patients and persons in isolation also cast their votes.
The Spokesperson said that the poll was held peacefully and there was no report of any untoward incident in the state.
Counting of votes for Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti will be held on January 22, 2021, at block headquarters.
Congress made a come back to Theog Municipal Council after 20 years. While Vivek Thapar was elected as the Chairman of the MC, Reen Roy was elected as the Vice-Chairman. Congress has already registered wins in Rohru and Rampur MCs and Chopal, Kotkhai and Sunni Nagar panchayats.
The HPCC chief Kuldeep Singh Rathore, while speaking to media persons yesterday, said that of the total seven Wards of the Theog MC, Congress has claimed victory on four wards while remaining three Wards went to independent candidates. Congress alleged that BJP had left no stone unturned to pressurize, lure, and threaten elected members to gain their support.
Rathore mocked at the defeat of BJP MP’s bother in Mandi district. Further, the candidate in Ghumarwin of Bilaspur – home district of BJP Chief Jagat Prakash Nadda- had also faced defeat, Rathore said. BJP candidate in Sujanpur – home to Union Minister for State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur-could also not register a victory and lost, he said.
Congress also registered a victory in elections to Parwanoo MC. Kuldeep Singh Rathore, said that winning candidate Nisha Sharma joined Congress yesterday. She had won twice from the same Ward on BJP ticket. This time, she was denied ticket and fought the elections as an independent candidate.
Rathore alleged that the government has been trying to threaten Nisha by registering a fake case of illegal construction. Similarly, husband of Chandrawati – another Congress councilor in Parwanoo- who runs a depot was fined wrongfully yesterday, Rathore alleged.
While BJP has been making claims of victory on the majority of seats, Congress had been terming it as a bluff. Also, it had been alleging BJP of misusing government machinery. Independent candidates are being bought and allurements are being given to winning Congress candidates, Rathore alleged.
Misc News/Press Release
Himachal: 80% Voter Turnout in 2nd Phase of Panchayat Polls

Shimla-Himachal Pradesh Election Commission informed that the elections for 1208 Gram Panchayats were held today in the second phase in which around 80 percent polling was registered.
Overall, 75 COVID-19 patients and persons in isolation cast their votes as per the standard operating procedures.
The highest polling has been registered in Nandpur Gram Panchayat of Nalagarh developmental block of Solan district where the voter turnout was reported to be 96 percent.
The poll was held peacefully and there was no report of any untoward incident in the state. The counting of votes for Pradhan, Up-Pradhan and members was under the process and the results were awaited till late evening. The counting of votes for Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti will be held on 22 January 2021 at block headquarters.
Election-related process and results have been uploaded for the general public on sechimachal.nic.in.
The election for third and final phase for 1137 Panchayats would be held on 21 January 2021.
The first phase of elections to Panchayati Raj Institutions in Himachal Pradesh was held in 1228 Gram Panchayats on January 17, 2021. The overall polling percentage in the first phase was reported to 77.50%.
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77.50% Voter Turnout in First Phase of Himachal’s Panchayati Raj Polls: EC

Shimla-The first phase elections to Panchayati Raj Institutions in Himachal Pradesh was today held in 1228 Gram Panchayats, informed a spokesperson of State Election Commission.
According to the information received till 7 PM, the overall polling percentage was 77.50%. As many as 123 COVID-19 patients and isolated voters cast their votes as per the Standard Operating Procedures, he informed.
Gram Panchayat Rihada in development block Naggar of Kullu district recorded the highest voter turnout (94 %). Counting of votes for Pradhan, Up-Pradhan and members will be completed today. Counting of votes for Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti will be held on 22nd January 2021 at block headquarters.
Further, 103-year-old Shyam Saran Negi, the first voter of independent India, cast his vote at a polling booth in Kalpa of Kinnaur district.
Election-related process and results have been uploaded for the general public on sechimachal.nic.in., the spokesperson said.
The second phase of polling for 1208 Panchayats will be held on 19th January followed by the third phase on 21st January 2021.
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