shimla the himachal pradesh assembly election contest in solan constituency has turned into a family affair congresss state social justice and empowerment minister col dhani ram shandil retd has been pitted against his soninlaw dr rajesh kashyap of the bjp from the seatshandil a former congress working committee member is a senior leader of the congress in himachal pradesh and is said to be close to congress chief sonia gandhi and general secretary rahul gandhi on the other hand dr kashyap has just entered politics after quitting as the head of the department of emergency medicine at indira gandhi medical college and hospital shimla dr kashyaps elder brother virender kashyap singh is the bjp mp from shimlathough politicians often end up getting personal it is unlikely the two would go that way they both have said the election would not affect their relationshipdr kashyap calls his fatherinlaw a very religious person but says the constituency lacks healthcare and education facilities government hospitals do not have the required infrastructure people have to go to shimla or chandigarh for care education infrastructure is in a shambles schools and colleges are short of teachers lecturers and professors roads are in a bad shape too and commute becomes risky during monsoon because of this he saidhe said unemployment was another concern and less efforts had been made in the past five years to resolve this i am contesting the election on the agenda of youth in last five years the congress mla has not been able to ensure the development of constituency he saidcol shandil on his part said the present situation of him being pitted against his soninlaw could have been avoided i told my soninlaw not to leave his job but he went ahead with his decision he said he said his soninlaw was a rival now and he would face him with full force with the help of congress workerscol shandil refuted talks of lack of development during his tenure no stone was left unturned to ensure the development of solan assembly constituency education and health infrastructure have been strengthened challenges are there i am ready to face them he added