Son of former Himachal Pradesh State Industries Minister Ranjit Singh Verma, Pushpendra Verma is Congress' candidate from the Hamirpur seat. Fresh into politics, Pushpendra Verma is a doctor by profession and shot to fame after organising free health checkup camps across different villages in Hamirpur. Doctor Verma is also the General Secretary of the Himachal Pradesh Medical Association and is known to be a close ally of former Himachal Pradesh State Congress Chief Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu. In the 2022 assembly elections, he faces BJP's sitting MLA from Hamirpur Narendra Thakur alongside Sushil Kumar Surroch from AAP.