MANDI: Kicking off Congress' campaign in poll-bound Himachal Pradesh, its Vice President Rahul Gandhi today announced that incumbent Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh will be the party's chief ministerial candidate. Addressing a rally at Paddal ground here, Gandhi also targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of unemployment, demonetisation and "hasty" implementation of Goods and Service Tax(GST). Backing the chief minister, Gandhi said that Virbhadra Singh, 83, has ensured uniform development of the entire hill state and was confident that the Congress party would retain power. Referring to the plight of farmers, Gandhi said that maximum suicides are taking place in the BJP-ruled states. Addressing the rally, Virbhadra Singh said that his government ensured uniform development without any other consideration and said that development would be the main election plank of the party in the upcoming assembly polls.

Source: Economic Times October 07, 2017 12:56 UTC