Shimla, May 7 -- The Congress has announced the names of candidates for Lahaul and Spiti and Barsar assembly constituencies in Himachal Pradesh where bypolls are scheduled for June 1. The party has fielded Zila Parishad chairperson Anuradha Rana from Lahaul and Spiti seat and Subash Chand from Barsar constituency.
According to the statement, the candidature of Rana and Chand was approved by party president Mallikarjun Kharge. Rana and Chand will take on the BJP's Ravi Thakur and Inder Dutt Lakhanpal, respectively, both Congress turncoats.
With Sunday's announcement, the Congress has named candidates on five of the six assembly seats that fell vacant after the disqualification of party rebels from the Himachal Pradesh Assembly in February....