The Congress is but to announce the names of its candidates for the 4 Lok Sabha seats in Himachal Pradesh, however the state unit management has all however made it clear that it has reached consensus on the identify of state Public Works Minister Vikramaditya Singh for Mandi, a seat that his mom and HPPCC chief Pratibha Singh presently represents.
On Tuesday, Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri mentioned Vikramaditya might be the get together candidate from Mandi, from the place the BJP has fielded actor Kangana Ranaut.
A two-time MLA from Shimla Rural, Vikramaditya is a former state youth Congress president and the son of former six-time chief minister Virbhadra Singh.
Agnihotri remarks, whereas interacting with reporters in Una, comes a day after Pratibha mentioned Vikramaditya’s identify as potential candidate from from Mandi LS seat was mentioned through the assembly of coordination committee held in New Delhi.
Pratibha, the state Congress chief, mentioned that some senior get together leaders had steered Vikramaditya’s identify and had been of the opinion that “he’s younger, energetic, is an efficient orator, has affect over the youth and might be an excellent competitor for Kangana”.
The ultimate determination, nonetheless, might be taken by the get together excessive command, mentioned Pratibha, who too is a possible candidate from the seat. Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu had on Monday mentioned that “quickly a younger, successful face from Mandi might be introduced”. With PTI inputs