State-level Independence Day function will be organised in Mandi on 15 August, 2013. Chief Minister, Shri Virbhadra Singh, will preside over the State-level Independence Day function.Shri Kaul Singh Thakur, Health and Family Welfare Minister, Shri Prakash Chaudhary, Excise and Taxation Minister, Shri Anil Sharma, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister and Shri Sohan Lal Thakur, Chief Parliamentary Secretary would also attend the State level function at Mandi.
B.B.L. Butail, Speaker, H.P. Vidhan Sabha would preside over District-level function at Bilaspur, Smt. Vidya Stokes, Irrigation and Public Health Minister at Shimla, Shri G.S. Bali, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister at Hamirpur, Shri Sujan Singh Pathania, MPP and Power Minister at Dharamshala in Kangra disrtict, Shri Thakur Singh Bharmouri, Forest Minister at Chamba and Shri Mukesh Agnihotri, Industry Minister will preside over the function in Una.
Shri Sudhir Sharma, Urban Development Minister would preside over the District-level function at Kullu, Col. (Retd.) Dr. Dhani Ram Shandil, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister at Solan and Shri Jagat Singh Negi, Deputy Speaker, H.P. Vidhan Sabha at Reckong Peo in Kinnaur district, Shri Vinay Kumar, Chief Parliamentary Secretary at Nahan in Sirmaur district and Shri I.D. Lakhanpal, Chief Parliamentary Secretary at Keylong in Lahaul-Spiti district.
Shri Neeraj Bharti and Shri Jagjivan Pal, Chief Parliamentary Secretaries would attend the function at Dharamshala with MPP and Power Minister, Shri Rajesh Dharmani, Chief Parliamentary Secretary at Bilaspur with Speaker, H.P. Vidhan Sabha, Shri Nand Lal and Shri Rohit Thakur, Chief Parliamentary Secretaries at Shimla with Irrigation and Public Health Minister.