Central leaders of both the Congress and the BJP have directed their respective Uttaranchal units to send leaders to neighbouring Himachal where polls are due in the last week of this month.Nearly half a dozen Uttaranchal Congress ministers are in Himachal.The party is focusing on areas like Sirmaur, Nahan, Shilai and Shimla that border Uttaranchal. The BJP is sending Uttaranchal unit chief Manohar Kant Dhyani, Union Ministers B.C. Khanduri and Bagchi Singh Rawat among others.23 Cong rebels shown the doorSHIMLA: In a punitive action on Monday, the Congress expelled 23 rebels from primary membership for six years. These candidates were contesting from 21 Assembly segments for the upcoming polls . Six of those expelled belong to former CM Virbhadra Singh’s faction while five belong to the camp led by PCC chief Vidya Stokes. The rest are fence-sitters. CWC member R.K. Dhawan said the rebels refused to withdraw in support of the official candidates, so they were expelled.
