Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu will be Himachal Pradesh’s new chief minister. He is the former president of the Himachal Pradesh Congress and is a four-time MLA. Mr. Sukhu will be the first Congress leader from Lower Himachal, comprising areas merged in Himachal in 1966 to occupy the top post. A second chief minister from Hamirpur district, after BJP's Prem Kumar Dhumal