Shimla, May 10 -- As electioneering picks up for the upcoming polls for four municipal corporations -Solan, Mandi, Dharamshala and Palampur - scheduled to be held on May 17, both the BJP and Congress have shifted their campaigns into high gear.

Harikrishna Himral, in-charge of the war room established at the Congress headquarters, Rajiv Bhawan, for the elections across four municipal corporations, finalised the operational framework on Saturday during a meeting with other members.

He stated that the primary function of the war room is to provide periodic election-related updates to party functionaries stationed in the field, receive daily reports regarding election campaigning, and convey directives issued by the PCC to them.

Himral di...