Himachal Assembly starts monsoon session with obituary references
On the first day of the monsoon session, members remembered former Union telecom minister Sukh Ram Sharma along with Mast Ram, Roop Singh Chauhan and Parveen Sharma who passed away.
On the first day of the monsoon session, members remembered former Union telecom minister Sukh Ram Sharma along with Mast Ram, Roop Singh Chauhan and Parveen Sharma who passed away.
Former Union Telecommunication Minister and veteran Congress leader Sukh Ram were cremated with full State honour at Hanumanghat in Mandi in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday.
As per family sources, his body will be brought to Mandi by the road where he will be cremated on Thursday.
The elections are a prestige battle for Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur who took over reigns in December 2017 as the results are will be considered referendum on his 17-month government.
Sukh Ram, who has been in Himachal politics for nearly six decades and is back in Congress, is struggling for his ‘political legacy’.
Mandi Lok Sabha in Himachal Pradesh is the toughest and largest constituency in the state. It includes tribal districts of Lahaul Spiti, Kinnaur and the tribal belt of Chamba district.
In their 90s, 80s and 70s, the elderly politicians rather seem indispensable campaigners for political parties, mainly Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress, and their nominees in the hill state due to their stature, experience and influence
Former Union minister Sukh Ram, his BJP minister son Anil Sharma, and Congress candidate grandson Ashray Sharma take center stage, send equations haywire in BJP and Congress
Switching sides again, the senior politician now eyes a Lok Sabha ticket from Congress for his grandson, even as son Anil Sharma is a minister in the Jai Ram Thakur government
If Anil Sharma considers himself a party person then he should attend BJP poll rallies, otherwise he shouldn’t, says BJP general secretary Chandemohan Thakur
