BJP releases 1st list of 62 candidates for Himachal Pradesh assembly elections, 11 sitting MLAs dropped

Shimla: The Bhartiya Janta Party(BJP) launched its first list of 62 candidates for the 68-member Himachal Pradesh assembly on Wednesday. The occasion has fielded Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur from the Seraj assembly constituency. The occasion dropped 11 sitting MLAs, together with a cupboard minister, and altered the seats of two ministers, Suresh Bharadwaj and Rakesh Pathania. Minister Mahendra Singh, MLA from Dharampur, has been changed by his son Rajat Thakur. The BJP has fielded (*62*) Bragta from Jubbal-Kotkhai, who contested as an unbiased within the by-election after the occasion had denied him a ticket. Anil Sharma, son of former Union minister Sukh Ram, has been fielded from Mandi.

The identify of the previous chief minister and veteran occasion chief Prem Kumar Dhumal didn’t determine within the list. Party sources mentioned the 78-year-old chief, whose son Anurag Thakur is a Union minister, had conveyed to the occasion management his unwillingness to contest. 

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The BJP has in some earlier polls shunned fielding these above 75 years of age. Eight candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribes determine within the list, whereas solely three seats are reserved below the ‘ST class’.

BJP releases a list of 62 candidates for the upcoming #HimachalPradesh Assembly election.

CM Jairam Thakur to contest from Seraj, Anil Sharma to contest from Mandi and Satpal Singh Satti to contest from Una.

The election is scheduled to be held on twelfth November. pic.twitter.com/hm7ZX0UDle
— ANI (@ANI) October 19, 2022

Around two-third of the really helpful candidates are graduates and post-graduates.

The list additionally options 5 girls candidates, whereas opposition Congress has named three girls among the many 46 candidates it has introduced up to now.

The BJP’s list was finalised throughout Monday’s assembly of the occasion’s Central Election Committee, whose members embody Prime Minister Narendra Modi amongst different senior leaders. Assembly polls within the state are scheduled for November 12 and the final date for submitting nominations is October 25.