In Kangra, Dr. Rajesh Sharma, the Congress contender from Himachal Pradesh’s Dehra constituency within the 2022 by-election, was overcome with emotion on Wednesday. The social gathering declared Kamlesh Thakur, spouse of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, as their candidate from the area, main Dr. Sharma to interrupt down in tears and subsequently expertise a panic assault that necessitated his transport to the civil hospital.

Throughout a congregation with social gathering members at present, Dr. Sharma’s vexation was palpable as he brazenly wept earlier than the meeting. He accused the social gathering of detaining him for 9 hours on the Chief Minister’s official residence in Shimla and proclaimed his intention to run as an unbiased candidate. Dr. Sharma, who practices drugs, additionally claimed that a number of Congress dignitaries and ministers had issued threats towards him.

Dr. Sharma articulated that he as soon as commanded the political panorama of Dehra, but as an alternative of safeguarding his place, Sukhu had chosen to discipline his partner in a maneuver for political achieve.

Publish the meeting, Dr. Sharma skilled vertigo and was swiftly taken to the Civil Hospital in Dehra.

Supporters of Dr. Sharma had envisaged him because the doubtless nominee from Dehra. Within the 2022 contest, he obtained the social gathering’s endorsement however was defeated by an unbiased candidate, Hoshiyaar. This time, the social gathering management has opted to again the Chief Minister’s spouse, aiming to safe a victory in Dehra, a seat Congress has by no means clinched.

Chief Minister Sukhu remarked that throughout the Lok Sabha elections, the central command had directed him to appoint his spouse, a directive he adopted as soon as once more upon the social gathering’s insistence. “Thus, I couldn’t defy the orders from the excessive command and needed to make this choice. Dehra is my spouse’s ancestral residence,” he said.