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Himachal Pradesh: Around 50 BJP, AAP and BSP Workers Join Congress During Party Expansion Drive
Published On Fri, 10 Jul 2026
Diya Mukherjee
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Nearly 50 leaders and workers associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) joined the Congress party on Thursday as part of an organisational expansion campaign initiated by the District Congress Committee (DCC), Shimla Rural. The joining ceremony was conducted under the leadership of Shimla Rural DCC President Hari Krishna Himral. Among those who entered the Congress fold were retired HRTC General Manager KC Chauhan from Rohru, former Block Development Committee (BDC) member Laxmi Dass from Shimla Rural, and ward members Jai Lal Negi and Karishma Sharma. Several other grassroots workers from different political parties also joined the party during the event.
The programme was attended by several senior Congress leaders, including Chief Minister’s Media Advisor Naresh Chauhan, Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) General Secretary (Organisation) Vinod Jinta, HPCC Vice-President Amit Nanda, Sonia Chauhan, Jitendra Thakur, Pawan Kumar, Kuldeep Thakur, and other party functionaries.
Welcoming the new members, Shimla Rural DCC President Hari Krishna Himral said the increasing support for Congress reflected public confidence in the state government’s policies and development agenda. Himral said that the induction of nearly 50 people, including prominent local figures and workers from the BJP, AAP, and BSP, would strengthen the party’s organisation at the grassroots level. He welcomed the new members and said their association with Congress would further enhance the party’s outreach among people.
The latest development comes amid internal developments within the Congress party, following the resignation of Ashok Singh on July 9. Singh submitted his resignation to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, expressing disappointment over a show-cause notice issued against him by the Uttar Pradesh Congress Disciplinary Committee for alleged anti-party activities.
The notice, issued on July 4, accused Singh of breaching party discipline after he attended a BJP programme organised to welcome BJP National President Nitin Nabin. In his resignation letter, Singh pointed to his 35-year association with the Congress and mentioned the various organisational roles he had held, including his involvement with the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), his tenure as a Youth Congress leader, and his long-standing role as a spokesperson for the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee.
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