Shimla, Apr 27 (PTI) Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday held road shows in several wards of Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) canvassing for BJP candidates.

The Information & Broadcasting minister held several street corner meetings along with BJP state chief Rajiv Bindal, former Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur, and former BJP state president Suresh Kashyap.

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Addressing the media later, Thakur, a son of former Himachal chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, promised a 50 per cent rebate on garbage tax to Shimla residents and announced clubbing of several sundry taxes into 'one tax, per ward,' if the party comes to control the municipality.

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