Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister administered oath of office and secrecy to Jagjivan Pal from Sullah Assembly Constituency of district Kangra, Shri Rakesh Kalia from Gagret Assembly Constituency of district Una, Shri Nand Lal from Rampur Bushahr Assembly Constituency and Shri Rohit Thakur from Jubbal-Kotkhai Assembly Constituency of ditrict Shimla, Shri Sohan Lal from Sundernagar Assembly Constituency of district Mandi and Shri Inder Dutt Lakhanpal from Badsar Assembly Segment of district Hamirpur as Chief Parliamentary Secretaries (CPS’s) in a simple but impressive ceremony held at State Secretariat today.Shri Bharat Khera, Secretary GAD conducted proceedings of the ceremony.
Smt. Vidya Stokes, Irrigation & Public Health and Horticulture Minister, Shri Sujan Singh Pathania, MPP and Power Minister, Shri Thakur Singh Bharmouri, Forest Minister, Shri Mukesh Agnihotri, Industries and Information & Public Relations Minister, Shri Sudhir Sharma, Urban Development Minister, Shri Parkash Chaudhary, Excise and Taxation Minister, Shri Harsh Mahajan Chairman H.P. State Cooperative Bank, Shri Sukhvinder Singh Thakur, State President Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee, Shri T.G. Negi, Advisor to the Chief Minister, Shri V.C. Pharka, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Shri Subhash Ahluwalia, Principal Private Secretary to the Chief Minister, Senior Congress leaders, members of various frontal organisations, senior officers of the state government and people in large number were present on the occasion.