Shimla, Aug. 23 -- The show of unity turned into a show of strength during the "Vote Chor, Gaddi Chhod" campaign, organised in Himachal, when supporters of chief minister Sukhivinder Singh Sukhu and PWD minister Vikramaditya Singh started sloganeering in favour of their respective leader. The state Congress leaders had reached Rajiv Bhawan Shimla for the campaign. In the presence of Congress in-charge Rajani Patil, both factions tried to outdo each other in support of their respective leaders, which forced Himachal Pradesh Congress committee chief Pratibha Singh to briefly pause her speech. The situation calmed only after intervention by AICC co-incharge Chetan Chauhan, who appealed to party workers to raise slogans in support of the party instead. The rift was witnessed at the meeting held at the party headquarters to muster support for the "Vote Chor, Kursi Chod" campaign, which is part of the Congress nationwide protest against alleged electoral malpractices by the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Speaking on the incident, HPCC chief said the slogan shouting reflected a "show of strength" from supporters of both PWD minister Vikramaditya Singh and CM Sukhvinder Sukhu. "Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has exposed the vote theft. The BJP indulged in electoral malpractices during the Lok Sabha elections, and the Congresswill take this issue to every village," she said. To chalk out the strategy for this, a meeting of the Congress Legislature Party was convened in Shimla, on Friday morning, by Rajani Patil following which the meeting of party leaders and supporters was held at the party office. After the party meeting, CM Sukhu said the Congress party will run a signature campaign up to the block level. Speaking during the event, Rajani Patil strongly criticised the BJP-led Union government, accusing it of systematically attempting to silence the voice of the Opposition. She said that under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, the Congress party demanded a discussion on the issue of electoral fraud (SIR) during the monsoon session of Parliament, but the central government evaded accountability and refused to engage. She stated, "Just as Yogi Adityanath uses bulldozers in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP is using institutional bulldozers to crush the opposition's voice at the Centre."...