Journalist-turned-politician Mukesh Agnihotri, know the journey to the first Deputy Chief Minister of Himachal
Shimla. Mukesh Agnihotri, who became the Deputy Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, has reached this position by traveling from journalism to politics. Agnihotri, a resident of Gondpur Jaichand village in Haroli tehsil of Una district, bordering Punjab, has become MLA for the fifth time. After entering politics he became Panchayat Pradhan, Panch and Zilla Parishad did not contest any election, Rather directly stepped into the assembly as an MLA. He has become the first Deputy Chief Minister in the political history of the state.
Birth of Mukesh Agnihotri 09 October 1962 I was born in Sangrur, Punjab, in the house of District Public Relations Officer Omkar Chand Sharma. Sharma contested the assembly elections on a Congress ticket from Santokhgarh., But they were defeated. After him, Congress fielded Agnihotri from Santoshgarh assembly constituency. His early education took place in Una district only. His elder brother Dr. Rakesh Agnihotri is a doctor. He has three sisters. His daughter Aastha Agnihotri, who has studied abroad, is pursuing PhD. His wife Simmi Agnihotri is a professor in the Department of Public Administration, Himachal Pradesh University.
The in-laws of Deputy Chief Minister Agnihotri is in Mandi town. After earning an MSc degree in Mathematics, Mukesh Agnihotri did a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Relations and became a journalist. He has served as a journalist in Shimla and Delhi for nearly two decades. During journalism in Delhi, the closeness with the top leadership of Congress increased. Later he came in contact with former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and remained close to him. From here he stepped into politics from journalism.
The year 1993 When Virbhadra Singh became the Chief Minister in 1995, his father was made the Vice-Chairman of the Himachal Pradesh Agro Packaging Corporation. The year nineteen ninety eight In the Vidhansabha elections, Mr. Sharma was nominated by the Congress party from Santoshgarh constituency., But he had to face defeat from Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pandit Jaikishan Sharma. year after 2003 Mukesh Agnihotri was nominated by the Congress party in place of Sharma in the 1998 assembly elections and he won the election in the first instance itself and became the Chief Parliamentary Secretary. The year 2007 In that he won the assembly elections from Santoshgarh.
The year 2012 Santoshgarh became a part of Una Assembly Constituency after delimitation in 2006 and Haroli Assembly Constituency came into existence. Agnihotri reached the assembly from Haroli after the third time and was the industry minister in the Virbhadra government. The year 2017 He won for the fourth consecutive time in the assembly elections of, But the Congress lost the election and the BJP government was formed in the state.
The year 2018 In 1967 he was made the leader of the Congress Legislature Party and the Leader of the Opposition in the House. He fiercely opened a front against the Jairam government in four years. The year 2022 He was made a star campaigner by the party high command in the assembly elections. He did dozens of rallies for the candidates across the state. After winning five times in a row, he was involved in the race for the post of Chief Minister., But the party high command awarded him the post of Deputy Chief Minister.
