Virbhadra Singh’s son Vikramaditya Singh received from Shimla Rural seat

Shimla:

Himachal Pradesh Congress chief Pratibha Singh, the spouse of former chief minister Virbhadra Singh, and her son Vikramaditya Singh have congratulated get together employees after defeating the BJP within the meeting election.

Pratibha Singh mentioned they won’t neglect the previous chief minister’s legacy because the get together fought the election in his identify and received. Vikramaditya Singh additionally received from Shimla Rural seat.

“We have been engaged on the bottom for the previous 5 years and we knew that folks have been disenchanted with this so-called double engine ki sarkar, and we have been very certain will probably be swept out of energy,” Vikramaditya Singh advised NDTV.

On his father’s legacy, Vikramaditya Singh mentioned, “As a son, I miss him. But I can say he’s immortal and continues to stay within the hearts and minds of individuals of the state. The outcomes have confirmed that. His faculty of thought might be useful and really a lot seen within the subsequent authorities.”

Earlier, Pratibha Singh advised reporters that when Virbhadra Singh was chief minister, “he gave a big a part of his life to creating Himachal.”

“Anywhere he went, if individuals requested they needed a college, they needed cash for horticulture, he would make the funds obtainable and assist individuals,” Pratibha Singh mentioned. “The individuals of Himachal gave the BJP an opportunity and in contrast what Virbhadra ji did, solely to search out the BJP was under no circumstances good,” she mentioned.

After an early scare, the Congress received 40 seats in Himachal Pradesh, a cushty majority, with the BJP at 25. The Aam Aadmi Party did not win a single seat.

In phrases of vote share, the Congress was solely marginally forward of the BJP with 43.88 per cent of votes. The BJP completed an in depth second with 42.99 per cent.