New Delhi, October 19: The BJP on Wednesday released its first list of 62 candidates for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections 2022.
The Central Election Committee of the BJP has approved the list of candidates for the Assembly elections 2022, which includes five women candidates. The Central Election Committee (ECE) of the BJP on Tuesday met to discuss the seat distribution in Himachal Pradesh and finalised the list of candidates for the Assembly elections. Some incumbent MLAs have been dropped.
The party has not given ticket to Anurag Thakur's father and former CM Prem Kumar Dhumal. Anurag Thakur's father-in-law Gulab Singh has also been denied ticket.
Both had to face defeat in the 2017 elections.
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The ruling party has fielded Chief Minister Jairam Thakur from Seraj, Anil Sharma from Mandi and Satpal Singh Satti from Una. The BJP has given tickets to Hans Raj from Churah (SC); Dr Jannak Raj from Bharmour (ST); Indira Kapoor from Chamba; DS from Dalhousie; Vikram Jariyal from Bhattiyat; Ranveer Singh (Nikka) from Nurpur; Rita Dhiman from Indora (SC); Rakesh Pathania from Fatehpur; Sanjay Guleria from Jawali; Bikram Thakur from Jaswan-Prangpur and Ravinder Dhiman from Jaisinghpur (SC).
The BJP has also given tickets to Vipin Singh Parmar from Sulah, Arun Kumar Mehra (Kuka) from Nagrota, Pawan Kajal from Kangra, Sarveen Chaudhary from Shahpur, Rakesh Chaudhary from Dharamsala, Trilok Kapoor from Palampur, Mulkhraj Premi from Baijnath (SC) and Ramlal Markandeya from Lahaul & Spiti (SC).
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The state will go to the polls on November 12 and the counting of votes will be held on December 8.[/caption]
Govind Singh Thakur has been fielded from Manali; Surender Shourie from Banjar, Lokendra Kumar from Anni (SC); Deepraj Kapoor (Banthal) from Karsog (SC); Rakesh Jambal from Sundernagar, Vinod Kumar from Nachan (SC), Puran Chand Thakur from Darang, Prakash Rana from Jogindranagar, Rajat Thakur from Dharampur and Anil Sharma from Mandi.
Inder Singh Gandhi will contest from Balh (SC), Daleep Thakur from Sarkaghat, Anil Dhiman from Bhoranj (SC), Captain (Retd) Ranjit Singh from Sujanpur, Narendra Thakur from Hamirpur and Vijay Agnihotri from Nadaun.
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The CEC meeting was chaired by BJP national president JP Nadda and was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Minister Anurag Thakur, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and other BJP stalwarts.
The state will go to the polls on November 12 and the counting of votes will be held on December 8.
Source: PTI/ Edited by PTC Desk
