NATION | Saturday, September 19, 2009 | Email | Print | 
Dhumal, Singh tour Rohroo, Jwali ahead of byelection
PC Lohumi | Shimla
In a bid to garner support ahead of Rohroo and Jwali bypolls, CM PK Dhumal and his arch rival and Union Minister VB Singh are on a whirlwind tour of the constituencies.
Rohroo seat was vacated by VB Singh after he was elected to theLok sabha, while the Jwali seat fell vacant following the election of BJP MLA Rajan Sushant to the LS. Stakes are high for VB Singh as his wife, Pratibha Singh, a former MP, was likely to be a Congress candidate. Rohroo was traditional stronghold of VB Singh, who has won five times in a row from this constituency with record margins.
The Congress had no choice than to field Pratibha from Rohroo as she was the only candidate who could repeat the performance of Virbhadra. BJP's old war horse Khushi Ram Balnahta, who had reduced the marging of victory of Virbhadra in every election is not taking the victory of Pratibha lightly and making a determined bid to make the Congress sweat.
During his one-day visit, the CM inaugurated the Rs 1.95 crore tribal girls hostel and also laid the foundation stone of a double lane 115 m span motorable bridge at Bakherna.
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