Congress candidate from Dalhousie assembly seat in Himachal: Asha Kumari

She is a five-time MLA from Dalhousie. She is also the All India Congress Committee secretary and AICC in charge of Punjab. In February 2016, she was convicted in a land grab case and was sentenced to

The Congress has fielded political heavyweight Asha Kumari from Dalhousie who is the daughter-in-law of Chamba's royal family. Her mother-in-law was also an MLA. Asha Kumari is a graduate in Bachelor Of Arts from Bhopal University.

She is a five-time MLA from Dalhousie. She is also the All India Congress Committee secretary and AICC in charge of Punjab. In February 2016, she was convicted in a land grab case and was sentenced to one-year imprisonment.

She was accused of forging the revenue records, fabricating wills and tampering with revenue entries to transfer 60 bighas of government forest land in the name of her husband, Brijender Singh. She later got relief from the High Court, however, the Supreme Court in December 2011 confirmed the charges of "cheating, criminal conspiracy and forgery". She was the Education Minister of the state from 2003 to 2005.

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