himachal pradesh elections

BJP on Wednesday released a list of 62 candidates for Himachal Pradesh polls. Among the prominent candidates, incumbent chief minister Jai Ram Thakur will contest from Seraj. Anil Sharma, son of former Union minister Sukh Ram, has been fielded from Mandi. Satpal Singh Satti has been given a ticket from Una. The list also features five women candidates. Some incumbent MLAs have been dropped.

Hours before the counting of votes on Thursday, 30 leaders from Chopal assembly constituency of Shimla district were expelled by Congress party for a period of six years for anti-party activities.

Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma said on Thursday that had the Jai Ram Thakur-led BJP government worked in the state, party's senior leaders like PM Narendra Modi and Amit Shah wouldn't have been making frequent visits to the hill state.

In the midst of the assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh, the BJP has included two prominent faces of the Congress in the party. In a major setback to the Congress, two of its senior leaders including former AICC Secretary and former MLA Rakesh Kalia from Una district and former MLA Major (retd) Vijai Singh Mankotia from Kangra district joined BJP on Tuesday.

The Congress leaders in Punjab hailed the party’s victory in himachal pradesh elections on Thursday and stated that the result would “encourage and rejuvenate” the cadres across the country, particularly in Punjab.

Voting in Himachal Pradesh took place smoothly on a clear day on Saturday, even as contestants and leaders claimed victories for their respective parties.

With the announcement of the Himachal Pradesh election schedule, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has started finalising its candidates for the 68 seats. Its state election committee met in Delhi on Monday.

BJP has changed its candidate in Chamba. Earlier, the party had denied ticket to sitting MLA Pawan Nayyar and had given ticket to Indu Kapoor. But now, in her place, the party has given ticket to Neelam Nayyar (60), wife of Pawan Nayyar.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday announced six more guarantees, including unemployment allowances, free pilgrimage for the elderly, grant of Rs 10 lakh to panchayats, better prices for farm produce and a positive work environment for traders.

The Himachal Pradesh police during a checking in Damtal area of Nurpur police district in Kangra district have seized Rs 2 crore cash from a SUV bearing the registration number of Chandigarh on Saturday.

Pinning high hopes from the bumper voting and expecting to form the government after the announcement of election results on December 8, the chief ministerial aspirants of Congress have started rushing to Delhi to meet the high command and other central leaders to lobby for themselves.

A quick look at the some facts and fugures ahead of the himachal pradesh elections.

BJP national spokesperson and Lok Sabha MP Aparajita Sarangi taking a jibe at the Congress said that in 1984 general elections, the Congress had won about 82 per cent of the seats, while in the 2019 elections, they had to face defeat in 88 per cent of the seats which makes it clear that the Indian national Congress is being wiped out of the country.

All the star campaigners of BJP will be starting “Vijay Sankalp Abhiyan” in Himachal Pradesh on October 30 in all the 68 assembly constituencies of the state for the assembly elections.

While accepting the verdict given by voters in Himachal Pradesh Assembly election, BJP state president Suresh Kashyap said that BJP has won 12 seats in the Mandi parliamentary constituency out of total 17 assembly seats, from where Congress state president Pratibha Singh is currently a member of parliament and this shows that there was anger among the public towards the Congress.

Continuing with the tradition of the opposition party issuing a supposed chargesheet against the incumbent party ahead of the assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh, the Congress on Saturday questioned chief minister Jai Ram Thakur’s role in the police recruitment paper leak case.

With Jai Ram Thakur-led Himachal Pradesh government taking another loan of Rs 2,500 crore taking the total debt burden of state to around Rs 70,000 crore, Congress MLA Vikramaditya Singh has said that Thakur will be known in the history of state as most extravagant chief minister.

While it was a cakewalk for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the last assembly elections in Bilaspur, the home of BJP national president J P Nadda and senior Congress leader Ram Lal Thakur, this time, rebels may spell trouble for both the parties.

Dharamshala is the second important seat after Shimla in Himachal Pradesh and voting trends here indicate a three-way contest. The areas with majority of population from other backward community (OBC) have witnessed high percentage of voting in comparison with others.