<p>The newly elected Congress legislators in Himachal Pradesh Saturday adopted a one-line resolution here authorising party chief Sonia Gandhi to announce the next chief minister of the state.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The resolution was moved by state party chief Virbhadra Singh, and seconded by Vidya Stokes - who won the polls the eighth time and Kaul Singh, a former state chief. <br /><br />The opposition Congress drubbed the BJP in the state assembly polls, winning 36 out of 68 seats Thursday.<br /><br />The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting was attended by 34 out of 36 party MLAs, who romped home.<br /><br />Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and AICC general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi attended the meeting.</p>
<p>The newly elected Congress legislators in Himachal Pradesh Saturday adopted a one-line resolution here authorising party chief Sonia Gandhi to announce the next chief minister of the state.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The resolution was moved by state party chief Virbhadra Singh, and seconded by Vidya Stokes - who won the polls the eighth time and Kaul Singh, a former state chief. <br /><br />The opposition Congress drubbed the BJP in the state assembly polls, winning 36 out of 68 seats Thursday.<br /><br />The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting was attended by 34 out of 36 party MLAs, who romped home.<br /><br />Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and AICC general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi attended the meeting.</p>