CM Sukhu chairs CLP strategic meeting for upcoming bye-elections

Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu today here chaired Congress Legislative Party meeting. Over the course of three-and-a-half-hour meeting, three resolutions were passed, and a detailed strategy was chalked out to ensure the victory of Congress candidates in the upcoming Assembly bye-elections.

The CLP expressed solidarity under the leadership of Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and emphasized their confidence in securing all the three assembly seats in the forthcoming bye-elections.

During the meeting, a resolution was passed to thank the people and party workers for their support, which led to Congress winning four out of six seats in the recent assembly bye-elections, thereby increasing the strength of legislators of Congress Party in Vidhan Sabha to 38 from 34.

All the MLAs said this win shows public approval of the policies and programs of the present State Government, led by Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, during its one-and-a-half years in office. They said that the Congress Party’s performance in the Lok Sabha elections has improved significantly compared to the 2019 general elections, with the vote percentage rising from 27.53 percent to 41.67 percent.

The Congress Legislative Party (CLP) criticized the BJP’s Operation Lotus and other efforts to destabilize the elected government. All Congress MLAs pledged to resist these attempts and uphold the integrity of political process. They said that the CLP would collectively fight against horse trading politics of BJP under the leadership of Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.

State Congress President Pratibha Singh, along with Ministers and MLAs, were also present in the CLP meeting.