Shimla, May 19 -- Claiming that the results of the recently-concluded Urban Local body elections in Himachal Pradesh reflected public confidence in the state government, Congress MLA and Deputy Chief Whip Kewal Singh Pathania on Tuesday said the mandate was a 'clear-cut certificate' in favour of the Chief Minister and his governance model.

Addressing a press conference in Shimla, Pathania thanked the people of Himachal Pradesh for supporting the Congress in the urban local body elections and said the outcome reflected approval of the government's policies and guarantees implemented over the last three-and-a-half years.

He said the Congress government had fulfilled several major promises, including restoration of the Old Pension Scheme, ...