With the 2022 Assembly election in Himachal Pradesh around the corner, the campaigning of the ruling Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) is at its peak with its top brass leaders hitting the ground with back-to-back election rallies, even as the Congress’s top central leadership though, is yet to be seen in a combat mode.
The elections, which in the past over three decades has been witnessing a bipolar contest between the Congress and the BJP, are due this year. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is in the election fray this time, yet largely the contest is being seen between the traditional rivals – the BJP and the Congress – in this hill state.
The ruling BJP, which is focusing on ‘Mission repeat’ to retain power in the State, is leaving no stone unturned to ensure the saffron party’s victory in the election to the 68-member State Assembly. In the past few months, its prominent leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and party’s national president J.P. Nadda, who hails from Himachal Pradesh, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh have addressed several rallies among themselves to garner people’s support. Mr. Modi, who has so far addressed two rallies is slated to address another one in Chamba on October 13.
