Shimla, March 3 -- With the Rajya Sabha elections drawing close, the Congress is intensifying preparations with its candidate expected to be announced soon, following consultations in Delhi.
The party nominee will file nomination papers in Shimla on March 5.
State Cabinet Minister Harsh Vardhan Chauhan said that a meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) has been convened on March 5 at 11:00 am. The meeting will be held in the Ruling Lounge of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in Shimla.
"The CLP meeting has been scheduled in view of the filing of nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha seat," he said.All CLP members have been directed to attend the meeting compulsorily.
The meeting has been called on the instructions of th...