Badal felicitates BJP for victory in Himachal

Chandigarh, Dec 28 (UNI) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today congratulated the BJP High Command and its Himachal Pradesh unit on their resounding victory in the just concluded elections.

''It is also a part of the nation-wide winds of change blowing in the country at the moment,'' said the Chief Minister who is heading the SAD-BJP alliance in the state.

In a message to the BJP High Command including Mr Rajnath Singh, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee and L K Advani and BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate in Himachal, Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal, Mr Badal described the poll results as 'people's verdict in favour of the NDA policies and a rejection of the Congress ''mis-governance'' in Himachal Pradesh.

UNI