Pushpinder Verma Files Nomination: Congress Confident of Victory in Hamirpur Bypolls

Congress candidate Pushpinder Verma has filed his nomination for the Hamirpur bypolls. Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu expressed confidence that Congress would win all three vacant seats, following the resignation of Independent MLAs. The bypolls have been necessitated by political shifts and BJP's maneuvers.

Pushpinder Verma, the Congress candidate from the Hamirpur assembly constituency, officially filed his nomination for the upcoming bypolls on Friday. The deadline for nominations was today, ahead of the July 10 election.

Verma previously contested the 2022 election from the same seat, where he faced defeat by Independent candidate Ashish Sharma, now standing on an NJP ticket.

Speaking to reporters post-nomination, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu stated that the three Independent MLAs who left the assembly would face public backlash, and predicted a clean sweep for Congress across all seats, including Dehra, Hamirpur, and Nalagarh. These vacancies arose after the MLAs switched allegiance to BJP, casting votes for BJP nominee Harsh Mahajan and eventually joining BJP ranks.

In a subsequent rally at Gandhi Chowk in Hamirpur, Sukhu criticized the BJP for imposing bypolls on the public, asserting that BJP's ambitions to establish state dominance would be thwarted. He emphasized that Congress, holding a majority with 38 members against BJP's 27, would effortlessly fulfill its five-year term.

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