The Congress named its outgoing president Sonia Gandhi, its president-elect Mallikarjun Kharge, MP Rahul Gandhi and party leaders Priyanka Gandhi, Bhupesh Baghel and Anand Sharma among others as its star campaigners for the upcoming Assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh.
The Election Commission of India last week announced that the Assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh will be held on November 12 while the counting of votes will take place on December 8.
The term of the 68-member Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on January 8, 2023.
In a list released on Saturday, the Congress announced the names of 40 star campaigners for the Assembly polls.
The Congress is seeking to wrest power from the BJP in the hill state, where the Congress and the saffron party have had alternate governments in the last many decades.
The party has announced all but one candidates for the Assembly elections in the hill state.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, former Himachal Pradesh CM Harish Rawat, senior party leader Randeep Singh Surjewala, Sachin Pilot, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Raj Babbar, Pawan Khera also featured on the list.
Other senior party leaders who have been named star campaigners include Supriya Sinate, Alka Lamba, Pratap Singh Bajwa, Srinivas BV, among others.
