Himachal Pradesh Assembly by-election: Campaigning for BJP candidates begins, Congress stuck in a dilemma over candidates

Shimla, June 17: Bharatiya Janata Party has released the list of names of its candidates for the by-elections in three assembly seats of Himachal Pradesh – Dehra, Nalagarh and Hamirpur.

The candidates of the Bharatiya Janata Party have put in their full strength for the by-election campaign in all the three assembly constituencies. The ruling Congress party has not yet announced the names of its candidates and CM Sukhu is only giving assurance of announcing the names of the candidates after a meeting in Delhi.

Congress workers are waiting for the list of names of candidates for by-elections in three assembly seats of Himachal Pradesh, Dehra, Nalagarh and Hamirpur, Due to which the election campaign of Congress will start late and BJP workers have made it difficult for the ruling Congress by joining the election campaign. The last date for filing nominations by the Election Commission for the by-elections to be held on three assembly seats is June 21 & now only four days are left to file nominations. Congress leaders believe that the list of candidates for all three seats will be announced soon.

According to sources, the ruling Congress party is in the mood to give tickets to the candidates fielded in the 2022 Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections in the by-elections on Dehra and Nalagarh assembly seats.

In the 2022 Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections, Rajesh Sharma from Dehra Assembly Constituency and Hardeep Baba from Nalagarh Assembly Constituency were given Congress Party tickets.

According to sources, there are difficulties in selecting a candidate for the Hamirpur assembly seat in CM Sukhu’s home district. Currently, Dr. Pushpendra Verma, who was a candidate in the 2022 Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections from Hamirpur assembly seat, CM Sukhu’s political advisor Sunil Sharma and former MLAs Anita Verma and Kuldeep Pathania along with other senior Congress leaders are in the race for the ticket.

BJP has given tickets to all the three independent MLAs who resigned from the Himachal Pradesh assembly. The Bharatiya Janata Party has given tickets to Hoshyar Singh from Dehra assembly constituency, Ashish Sharma from Hamirpur assembly constituency and KL Thakur from Nalagarh assembly constituency.

Let us tell you that in the 2022 Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections, independent MLAs won all three assembly seats of Dehra, Nalagarh and Hamirpur. Hoshyar Singh from Dehra assembly constituency, Ashish Sharma from Hamirpur assembly constituency and KL Thakur from Nalagarh assembly constituency won the assembly elections.

It is worth noting that after being elected, all the three independent MLAs of Himachal Pradesh were supporting the ruling Congress party governmen, But in the election for a Rajya Sabha seat held on 27 February 2024, all the three independent MLAs of Himachal Pradesh first voted in favour of BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan. Then all the three independent MLAs of Himachal Pradesh resigned from the membership of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly and joined BJP.

A day before the results of the Lok Sabha elections, Himachal Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania had accepted the resignation of the three independent MLAs of Himachal Pradesh. Now voting will be held in all three assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh on July 10 and after the counting of votes on July 13, the Election Commission will announce the name of the winning candidate.

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