Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, a four-time incumbent MLA, will be the next chief minister of Himachal Pradesh, along with Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri. Tomorrow at 11 a.m., there will be an oath ceremony.
Bhupesh Baghel, chief minister of Chhattisgarh, announced on Saturday that Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu will be the next chief minister of Himachal Pradesh, and Mukesh Agnihotri will be the new deputy chief minister. The inauguration will take place tomorrow.
In response to the announcement, the state’s future chief minister stated that he will collaborate with the deputy chief minister. “Mukesh Agnihotri, the Deputy Chief Minister-designate, and I will collaborate. I began my political career when I was 17 years old. I will never forget what the Congress party has done for me,” said Sukhu.
Sukhu is the incumbent MLA of Himachal Pradesh’s Nadaun assembly constituency for the fourth time. He was the president of the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee from 2013 to 2019.
The decision was made a day after newly elected Congress MLAs backed a resolution authorising the Congress high leadership to select the legislature party’s next leader.
Aside from Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, who led the Congress campaign committee during the assembly election, Mandi MP and state party president Pratibha Singh and outgoing assembly Leader of Opposition Mukesh Agnihotri were the frontrunners for the position of chief minister.
On Friday night, supporters of Pratibha Singh and the Sukhu camp staged a show of force in front of party observers at Rajeev Bhawan, the Congress headquarters.