Himachal Congress starts prep for November assembly polls

Close on the heels of BJP national president Amit Shah's visit to Palampur, the Himachal Pradesh Congress today chalked out a roadmap to prepare for the November assembly polls.
The HPCC, which met here today under the chairmanship of state party chief Sukhvinder Singh Sukkhu, discussed strategy for the polls and decided to hold worker conclaves in all organisational districts.
The first worker conclave would be held at Palampur on May 25 and all the districts would be covered by the end of June.
Committees would be set up at booth-level and conventions would be held in every district in which Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, MLAs and senior party leaders would participate.

It was also decided to organise a Shaheed Samman Yatra in Dharamshala on May 21 to mark the 26th death anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi.
Sukkhu said that the Congress was ideologically united while the BJP was spreading rumours that some Congressmen are contemplating joining the saffron party.