Congress won two bypolls by using money power: BJP Himachal chief Rajeev Bindal

Shimla, July 14

BJP state president Rajeev Bindal yesterday alleged that the Congress won two byelections by misusing the government machinery, intimidating candidates and people and distributing liquor. Leader of the Opposition Jai Ram Thakur, however, said that the BJP had accepted the mandate and would introspect to find out its shortcomings in the byelections.

CM ‘couldn’t win’ Hamirpur for Cong

The Chief Minister spent seven days a week in Hamirpur but still could not help the Congress candidate win the seat in his home district. Rajeev Bindal, BJP president

Bindal claimed that Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu spent a lot of money, engaged the government machinery and got a baseless case filed against a BJP candidate. “An atmosphere of fear and panic was created to prevent the BJP from contesting the byelections,” he alleged.

He said that the Chief Minister spent seven days a week on the streets of Hamirpur but still he could not help the Congress candidate win the seat in his home district. He added that the Congress spent a lot of money and distributed liquor to win the Nalagarh byelection.

The BJP president said that in the Dehra Assembly byelection, police personnel were deployed to follow BJP candidate Hoshiyar Singh and elected representatives were threatened.