Chief Minister Shri Virbhadra Singh thanked the voters of Mandi Parliamentary Constituency for giving huge mandate to Congress Candidate Smt. Pratibha Singh and said that this was victory of the ideology and leadership of Congress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi and Congress Vice President Shri Rahul Gandhi. He said that the victory reflects that people have expressed their faith and confidence in the programmes and policies of the State Government and said that this victory would further strengthen the resolve of the State Government for ensuring the over all growth of the entire State irrespective of caste, creed, religion or region.
Chief Minister said that this victory had strengthened the emotional unity of the State and thanked the grass root level Congress workers for their efforts in creating positive environment at village level which helped the voters to give their mandate in favour of Congress candidate. He specially thanked the voters of the Kinnaur district who overwhelmingly voted for the Congress Candidate despite of the natural calamity in the region and assured them that Government would reciprocate with same spirit for ensuring the speedy development works and undertaking massive relief and rehabilitation works in the region to bring normalcy in the area.
Shri B.B.L. Butail, Speaker, H.P. Vidhan Sabha, Smt. Vidya Stokes, Irrigation and Public Health Minister, Shri Kaul Singh Thakur, Health and Family Welfare Minister, Shri G.S. Bali, Transport Minister, Shri Sujan Singh Pathania, MPP and Power Minister, Shri Thakur Singh Bharmouri, Forest Minister, Shri Mukesh Agnihotri, Industries Minister, Shri Sudhir Sharma, Urban Development Minister, Shri Prakash Chaudhary, Excise and Taxation Minister, Dr. (Col.) Dhani Ram Shandil, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister, Shri Anil Sharma, Rural Development Minister, Shri Jagat Singh Negi, Deputy Speaker, H.P. Vidhan Sabha, Shri Rajesh Dharmani, Shri Vinay Kumar and Shri Neeraj Bharati, Shri Jagjivan Pal, Shri Rakesh Kalia, Shri Nand Lal, Shri Rohit Thakur, Shri Sohan Lal and Shri Inder Dutt Lakhanpal Chief Parliamentary Secretaries have congratulated Shri Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister and Smt. Pratibha Singh for winning Mandi Lok Sabha seat.