Though 75.6% voter turnout is the highest till now for Himachal Pradesh, higher participation from urban areas could have helped achieve a higher record-breaking turnout. Voter Turnout in Shimla was not only the lowest in the State (62.53%) but declined by 1.4% than the last election in 2017.

The polling will take place on November 12 after a hectic campaign. Himachal Pradesh has seen alternate governments between BJP and Congress over the past few decades and the BJP has expressed confidence of retaining power in the hill state.

A tea shop owner in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla has replaced Bharatiya Janata Party minister Suresh Bhardwaj who has contested the Shimla Urban seat four times consecutively. Shimla:  A tea shop owner in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla has replaced Bharatiya Janata Party minister Suresh Bhardwaj who has contested the Shimla Urban seat... The post appeared first on .

A tea shop owner in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla has replaced Bharatiya Janata Party minister Suresh Bhardwaj who has contested the Shimla Urban seat four times consecutively. Shimla:  A tea shop owner in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla has replaced Bharatiya Janata Party minister Suresh Bhardwaj who has contested the Shimla Urban seat... The post appeared first on .

Shimla Feb 26 PTI The Himachal Pradesh government has suspended a sub-inspector of police for misbehaving with a Congress MLA Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur informed the state Assembly here on SaturdayReplying to the issue raised by Leader of Opposition Mukesh Agnihotri Thakur who also holds the charge of the home department said Sub-Inspector Pawan Banyal has been suspended for misbehaving with Kasumpti MLA Anirudh Singh on February 22He said the incident took place when Singh was returning home from ChandigarhThe chief minister informed the House that there was a massive traffic jam at the Victory Tunnel near the Old Bus Stand in Shimla and Banyal was managing trafficAccording to the MLAs complaint he saw the SI misbehaving with the drivers of other vehicles and objected to itAt this the SI asked him rudely to leave the spot to which he objected and told the SI to behave properly as he is a public representative To this the SI said he did not know him and he had seen many MLAs and chief ministers and did not care about it the complaint statedThe MLA filed the complaint with the Shimla superintendent of police who sent Banyal to the police lines and ordered an inquiry which was conducted by an ASPThis is a serious issue as misbehaviour with a public representative will not be tolerated at any cost and the police official has now been suspended the chief minister informed the HouseSpeaker Vipin Singh Parmar said the privilege notice has been forwarded to Principal Secretary Home and the Assembly secretary for further actionEarlier raising the issue Agnihotri said the SI misbehaved with an MLA in a state that attracts a huge number of tourists where police are not supposed to behave in such a manner even with an ordinary personSeeking strict action against the responsible policeman he said some other MLAs had also faced such misbehaviour in the past PTI DJI RC