Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu said on Thursday that the new government in the state would be formed after the upcoming assembly session. He further told reporters that there is no challenge in forming the new state government.
The Himachal Pradesh CM said after the meeting, “We had come to thank party chief Mallikarjun Kharge. All our 40 MLAs and our state heads have also come. He gave us the mantra to serve the people. He also thanked the people of the state.” thanked.” National President of the party in Delhi
“There is no challenge. A cabinet is formed with elected MLAs, the CM is elected from the MLAs. So, there is no challenge.” sukhu told the news agency ANI On the cabinet formation of the new government in the state.
Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu Newly elected Congress MLAs met party chief Mallikarjun Kharge at his residence in the national capital on Thursday.
Congress state unit chief Pratibha Singh and AICC state in-charge Rajeev Shukla were also present during the meeting. PTI had told that discussions are going on in the party for cabinet formation as only Sukhu and Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri took oath in Shimla on Sunday.
earlier this week, sukhu Many announcements made in the first cabinet meeting
Highlighting the implementation of 10 guarantees, Sukhu said that the old pension scheme (one of the major election agenda) will be brought back.
In his first cabinet meeting on Monday, a day after taking oath, Sukhu also took care of the MLAs’ rent and food.
“We have decided that the cost of rent and food for MLAs in Himachal Bhavan and Himachal Sadan will be the same as that of common people. Earlier common people were paid full amount and MLAs got these facilities at concessional rates, but not going to happen.” Not anymore,” said CM Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu.
Sukhu was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday. Former Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Mukesh Agnihotri also took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister of the state.
The swearing-in ceremony was attended by top Congress leaders, including national president Mallikarjun Kharge, MP Rahul Gandhi and All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Priyanka Gandhi.
The Congress had won a total of 40 seats in the state assembly elections.
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