The Congress on Tuesday announced the candidates on the 46 seats (out of 68) for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly election.
The list includes some expected names like former health minister of Himachal Pradesh and senior Congress leader Kaul Singh Thakur, who will fight the elections from the Darang Assembly seat, in the Mandi district of the state. He represented the Darang constituency since 1993 but lost to BJP's Jawahar Thakur in 2017 assembly polls.
The list also includes the name of the chief of the Congress campaign committee for the elections Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, who is a sitting MLA from the Nadaun constituency. On Monday, Sukhu even warned leaders of the Youth Congress to work within the discipline of the party.
Leader of the Opposition in the Himachal Assembly, Mukesh Agnihotri will fight the elections from his home constituency Haroli, while Vikramaditya Singh, son of former Chief Minister Vir Bhadra Singh, will fight from Shimla rural.
Congress faced a jolt in September, when the sitting President of the Himachal Congress Harsh Mahajan, switched to the BJP. Pratibha Singh, wife of former Chief Minister Vir Bhadra Singh and MP from Mandi constituency was appointed as the President of the Himachal Congress.
The ruling BJP has not announced candidates for any seat yet rather formed a committee to look for prospective candidates that includes half of the sitting MLAS.