Himachal: Hustle And Bustle Of Political Campaigning Gains Momentum As Poll Day Nears. IN PICS

With just five days left for Himachal Pradesh Assembly election, politicians are aggressively campaigning in the hill state. Senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is leading the party's campaign, addressed a rally in Kangad Maidan of Una on Monday and hit out at the ruling BJP on the issues of unemployment and the old pension scheme. (Source: @priyankagandhi)

Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi and Bhupesh Baghel during a public meeting, ahead of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections, at Haroli in Una district (Source: PTI)

For BJP, party national president JP Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and UP CM Yogi Adityanath led the campaign. Nadda, who addressed three rallies in Rampur, Shimla and Kotkhai, urged the voters to exercise their franchise with their future in mind and not on the basis of emotions. Nadda also said AAP will lose security deposit in all the 68 constituencies. (Source: @OfficeofJPNadda)

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, addressing a rally in Haroli of Himachal Pradesh, targeted the Congress, saying the party could not have taken steps such as construction of Ram temple, surgical strike or the abrogation of Article 370 because it does not care for the country's security or the sentiments of people. (Source: @myogiadityanath)

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh holds a sword during a public meeting in Mandi. Using cricket analogies to target opposition parties, Singh called Congress a 'wide ball' and AAP a 'no ball'. He also said BJP's resolve to implement the Uniform Civil Code in Himachal was not to get votes. (Source: PTI)

For Congress, former deputy CM of Rajasthan Sachin Pilot addressed a rally in Himachal Pradesh's Nurpur for the party's candidate. Pilot said on November 12, people of the state will say 'Jai Ram ji ki' to Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur (Source: @INCIndia)