In a desperate move to wrest BJP bastion Hamirpur parliamentary seat in the 2014 general polls, ruling Congress has planned to showcase its might on the occasion of the first anniversary of the state government.
The Congress has planned to mobilise massive crowd for the occasion and all districts and block-level committees of the party have been asked to ensure massive presence of people for the anniversary function at Hamirpur. Congress has not won the seat, presently represented by BJYM national president Anurag Thakur, for the last 16 years Chief minister Virbhadra Singh who took oath on December 25, 2012, will count on the achievement of his government in past one year and would expose the alleged misdeeds of previous BJP government.
“No stone is left unturned to make the rally a massive success and it will be a first major function of the government in the Hamirpur city in past one year,” said a senior Congress leader. HPCC chief Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, who also hails from Hamirpur district, said that preparations are in full swing and claimed that the rally will be a major success with huge presence of people.
Sukhu has been individually coordinating with different committees of the party to ensure big presence of people, despite a government function. According to government sources, all cabinet ministers will be present on the occasion including Industries Minister Mukesh Agnihotri, who is tipped to be among the probable candidate of the party from Hamirpur constituency.
Chief minister is likely to announce major schemes for the people of Hamirpur constituency in order to woo the voters in favour of the Congress. BJP has always been alleging step motherly treatment to the entire district. Congress state in-charge and general secretary Ambika Soni in her first visit had asked the party and state government to make efforts to win back Hamirpur seat from BJP.
Chief minister Virbhadra Singh has also claimed in different public meetings that Congress party will at any cost win back Hamirpur seat this time along with other seats. Hamirpur parliamentary seat is with BJP consecutively since year 1998 and is home district of former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal and iscurrently represented by his elder son and BJYM president Anurag Thakur.