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SHIMLA: In the 2014 parliamentary elections, the Congress in Himachal Pradesh had failed to win a single seat despite being in power in the state and Centre. On the other hand, the BJP is holding its legislature party meeting in Shimla on May 22 to devise its strategy for the coming polls. “Soon, a united Congress would corner the BJP on the issues of public importance,” he added.Sukhu said that on May 26, Modi government would complete four years in power and the Congress would organize a foot march against price rise. It has also been suggested that the candidate for each parliamentary seat should be finalized six months before the polls so that he or she could work and reach out to people of a parliamentary constituency.State Congress president Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu claimed that Congress leaders and workers were united and in the coming days there would be no factionalism. Now, with the BJP in power at the state and Centre, it faces the challenge of repeating its last performance of winning all four seats of Hamirpur, Mandi, Shimla and Kangra.To lead the fight against the government, the Congress held a two-day workers’ conventions in Hamirpur and Kangra on Saturday after which it decided to make price rise and law and order situation a major poll issue..