Dec 12,2022:Two days after the results of the Himachal Pradesh elections were announced on December 8, senior Congress leader Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu took the oath as the 15th Chief Minister of the hill state on Sunday, December 11. He was administered the oath by Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, in presence of the Congress top brass.
Sukhu’s name was announced in the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting. Mukesh Agnihotri took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.
In line with Himachal’s pattern of sending the incumbent government out of power every five years, Congress wrested the hill state from the BJP winning 40 seats in the 68-member Assembly. The BJP managed 25 seats.
Top Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, and President Mallikarjun Kharge, were present during the oath-taking ceremony in Shimla. Congress leaders Ashok Gehlot, Bhupesh Baghel, BS Hooda and party’s state unit chief Pratibha Singh were also in attendance.
