Overview

• The unveiling has been moved from June 23 to July 15 after senior Congress figures requested a date adjustment to fit their schedules.
• Vikramaditya Singh, Public Works Minister and president of the Raja Virbhadra Singh Foundation, confirmed that the statue has arrived and will be installed at Daulat Singh Park on the Ridge in Shimla.
• Senior Congress leaders expected to attend include Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and AICC in-charge Rajni Patil.
• Invitations have also been extended to BJP’s J P Nadda, Leader of the Opposition Jairam Thakur and all state BJP MLAs.
• A public ritual marking Virbhadra Singh’s fourth death anniversary is scheduled for June 24 at his ancestral home in Rampur Bushahr.