Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Chani, actor-turned-politician Raj Babbar, Shimla (Rural) MLA Vikramaditya Singh, former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Punjab minister Gurkeerat Singh Kotli have also been included in the list of star campaigners for the bypolls. .
The Congress has named Navjot Singh Sidhu among its star campaigners for the upcoming bypolls in Himachal Pradesh on October 30, days after submitting his resignation as Punjab party chief.
Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal in a letter to the Election Commission of India on Friday submitted a list of 20 star campaigners for Mandi Lok Sabha and Arki, Fatehpur and Arki by-elections, including Kanhaiya Kumar. Jubbal-Kotkhai assembly seat of Himachal Pradesh.
Sidhu had last month submitted his resignation from the post of Punjab Congress chief, saying he cannot compromise on the future of his state and its welfare. However, it is not yet clear whether the party high command has accepted or rejected his resignation.
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Chani, actor-turned-politician Raj Babbar, Shimla (Rural) MLA Vikramaditya Singh, former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Punjab minister Gurkeerat Singh Kotli have also been included in the list of star campaigners for the bypolls. .
Chhattishgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel, senior Congress leaders Anand Sharma, Rajeev Shukla, Asha Kumari, Dhaniram Shandil, Sachin Pilot, Sanjay Dutt, Thakur Kaul Singh, Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu have also been named among the star campaigners.
The others in the list are Kuldeep Singh Rathore, Mukesh Agnihotri, Rajendra Rana, Dharamvir Singh Rana and Kanhaiya Kumar. Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal has also sent a copy of his star campaigners to the Chief Electoral Officer of Himachal Pradesh.
Sidhu was made the President of Punjab Congress after a bitter dispute with the then Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. Due to infighting in the Punjab Congress, Singh resigned from the post of Chief Minister.
However, Sidhu later tendered his resignation as the party’s Punjab unit chief, triggering a new crisis in the state’s ruling party. The party high command is yet to clarify whether his resignation has been accepted or not.
Meanwhile, Sidhu led a delegation of Congress leaders from Mohali to Lakhimpur Kehri to meet the families of farmers killed in the violence in Uttar Pradesh district on October 3. He met the families on Friday. The Congress has been an attacker on the government regarding this issue.
(with PTI inputs)
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