Cong names candidates for Himachal elections

Former MSME minister Virbhadra Singh, also a five-time chief minister, figures in the list of 68 candidates for the coming Himachal Pradesh elections. Singh who is an MP from the state, resigned as Union minister after a Himachal court framed corruption charges against him. While Singh has been fielded from Shimla, Rural constituency, Congress legislative party leader Vidya Stokes has been fielded from Theog constituency.