Newly elected Himachal CM Sukhu meets Congress chief Kharge in Delhi

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, Deputy CM Mukesh Agnihotri, Pratibha Singh and other Congress MLAs met party president Mallikarjun Kharge at his residence in New Delhi. Kharge urged Sukhu and the party MLAs of the hill state to work unitedly to implement electoral promises. (Express photo by Anil Sharma)

Kharge lauded the Himachal leaders for their hard work during the Assembly elections and congratulated Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and all party MLAs for winning their Assembly seats and bringing Congress back to power in the state. (Express photo by Anil Sharma)

AICC General Secretary and In-charge Himachal Pradesh Rajiv Shukla was also present on the occasion. (Express photo by Anil Sharma)

An official statement by the party president said, "He also lauded the hard work of Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, Mukesh Agnihotri and Pratibha Singh and other leaders and congratulated Rajiv Shukla who was monitoring the election campaign closely." (Express photo by Anil Sharma)

The newly elected Chief Minister thanked the party leadership for their support which led to the victory of the Congress party in the elections. (Express photo by Anil Sharma)

Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri thanked all the senior Congress leaders and central party leadership for supporting party workers and leaders throughout the election campaign and being the source of inspiration to ensure victory. (Express photo by Anil Sharma)

The Congress in this Assembly election bagged 40 seats with a vote share of 43.9 per cent (18,52,504 votes), while the BJP, with a vote share of 43 per cent (18,14,530 votes), managed to win 25 seats, and the difference of vote share between the two was just 0.9 percentage points, which is lowest since 1951. (Express photo by Anil Sharma)