Shimla, March 6 -- The Congress nominated candidate, Anurag Sharma (48), had risen through the ranks of Congress from being a state general secretary of NSUI in 1996 to 2001 to being nominated to Rajya sabha.

"Raising the issues of state's concern in Delhi will be my priority," said Anurag while talking to Hindustan Times on Thursday after filing nominations. "The most burning issue for the state is the discontinuation of the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG) that I will raise in the Rajya Sabha," said Anurag.

"This is a very big thing for me with the party high command as well as chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has shown respect to hard work. I have been associated with the Congress for the last two decades," said Anurag.

He added, "I...