Dharamsala, May 13, 2013: Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh today at Shimla administered oath of office and secrecy to Jagjivan Pal from Sullah Assembly Constituency of district Kangra, Rakesh Kalia from Gagret Assembly Constituency of district Una, Nand Lal from Rampur Bushahr Assembly Constituency and Rohit Thakur from Jubbal-Kotkhai Assembly Constituency of district Shimla, Sohan Lal from Sundernagar Assembly Constituency of district Mandi and 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.
Bharat Khera, Secretary GAD conducted proceedings of the ceremony.
Vidya Stokes, Irrigation and Public Health and Horticulture Minister, Sujan Singh Pathania, MPP and Power Minister, Thakur Singh Bharmouri, Forest Minister, Mukesh Agnihotri, Industries and Information and Public Relations Minister, Sudhir Sharma, Urban Development Minister, Parkash Chaudhary, Excise and Taxation Minister, Harsh Mahajan Chairman H.P. State Cooperative Bank, Sukhvinder Singh Thakur, State President Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee, T.G. Negi, Advisor to the Chief Minister, V.C. Pharka, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, 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.