The son of former Himachal Pradesh Transport Minister GS Bali, All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary Raghubir Singh Bali is a senior determine within the state Congress unit and has been fielded from the Nagrota Meeting constituency. Bali, who was among the many 46 candidates named within the Congress’s first listing on Tuesday evening, is a crucial a part of the get together’s Rozgar Sangarsh Yatra (March for Jobs), which is being organised within the hill state in parallel with Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, and is essential to the get together’s plans for the November 12 Meeting elections.
Raghubir Singh started his political profession with the Nationwide College students’ Union of India (NSUI), the scholars’ wing of the Congress, between 1996 and 1998 in Kangra. He was additionally part of the NSUI in Bengaluru when he was within the Karnataka capital to pursue a lodge administration diploma.
Bali was nominated as the final secretary of the Himachal Pradesh Youth Congress in 2004 and remained in workplace until 2009. He was later elevated to the place of the outfit’s vp. Bali was additionally the coaching programme in-charge and open membership in-charge of the state Youth Congress. On this interval, Bali organised conferences and packages in any respect 17 Meeting segments within the Hamirpur parliamentary constituency, ranging from the sales space degree, and led protests in opposition to the BJP that was in energy on the time. In earlier elections, Bali has been additionally a part of the get together’s parliamentary election committee and publicity committees.
In February 2020, Bali was appointed AICC secretary and appointed co-in-charge of West Bengal. He was additionally made observer of Pathankot district for the Punjab Meeting polls earlier this 12 months. Final month, Bali led the Rozgar Sangarsh Yatra and its second version was organised final week.
RS Bali has been focussing on unemployment within the hill state and has spoken at size about how the BJP-led authorities allegedly failed the service sector. With youth-centric points in thoughts, Bali has the legacy of his father, who was a four-time MLA, to uphold and set up a help base for the longer term.