Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Thursday said the rally of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in Mandi would be a historic one and a record crowd is expected.
Talking to Reporters at circuit house Mandi while supervising the preparations for the rally, the Chief Minister said that the rally on October 7 is named as ‘Vikas se Vijay ki Aur (From development to victory).
Singh said that the people would witness the crowd themselves and we won't propagate exaggerated figure as many other political parties do. The rally will attract more crowd than Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally held in Bilaspur, he said.
Gandhi's rally is expected to counter the impact of Modi's rally earlier this week. Election dates could be announced for the poll bound state anytime now.
Earlier in Shimla, Singh attended the ‘Valmiki Prakat Utsav’ on the occasion of ‘Valmiki Jayanti’ here and also inaugurated the newly constructed building of GHS, Krishnanagar completed with an outlay of Rs 2.20 crore.
Extending his felicitation on the occasion, Singh said that Maharishi Valmiki authored the holy book ‘Ramayana’ and inspire people to follow the path of truth and righteousness. "The teachings of Maharishi Valmiki were relevant in present day context and we should follow the path shown by him and abide by his teachings", he added.
He directed the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation to fill-up the vacancies of functional posts in Municipal Commissioner Shimla and also for speeding the work of re-meteling of road leading to Krishnanagar.
After reaching Mandi, the Chief Minister inaugurated the building of Government Senior Secondary School, Thunag completed with an outlay of Rs 83 lakh, from Circuit house itself and also inaugurated the upgraded 50 bedded Civil Hospital at Janjheli in presence of Health Minister Kaul Singh Thakur, Rural Development Minister, Anil Sharma, Excise and Taxation Minister, Prakash Chaudhary, Chief Parliamentary Secretary Sohan lal, Chairmen MIlKFED Chet Ram Thakur and other senior Officers of the district including representatives of various Panchayati Raj Institutions.