Congress observers meet Himachal Pradesh Governor ahead of MLAs' meeting to choose Chief Minister
The Hindu
The MLAs are expected to pass a resolution authorising the party president Pratibha Singh to choose the legislature party leader who will be the next Chief Minister.
Congress observers sent to Himachal Pradesh after the party wrested power from the BJP met Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on December 9, ahead of a meeting of the newly elected MLAs.
The MLAs are expected to pass a resolution authorising the party president to choose the legislature party leader who will be the next Chief Minister.
Earlier, the Congress observers — Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and former Chief Minister of Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda — and AICC in-charge for Himachal Pradesh Rajeev Shukla met State Congress chief Pratibha Singh at a hotel.
Pratibha Singh, Congress MP and the wife of former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, has indicated that she is in the running for the Chief Minister's post, a point also made by her son.
"I am not in the race for the top post but my mother is one of the contenders for the post of Chief Minister," her son and Congress MLA from Shimla Rural Vikramaditya Singh told PTI.
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"A meeting of all winning MLAs has been convened and the final decision would be taken by the high command which would be acceptable to all," he added. The Congress on December 8 won 40 seats in the 68-member Assembly in the hill State which maintained its tradition of not voting any incumbent government to power since 1985. Mr. Hooda, who arrived in Shimla on Friday, met the Governor along with Mr. Baghel and Mr. Shukla.
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