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Following the Lok Sabha elections, battle lines have been drawn between the ruling BJP-led NDA and the Opposition INDIA alliance for the by-elections in 13 Assembly constituencies across the country.
Ever since he assumed power in 2022, the BJP has accused Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu of running a “mitron ki sarkar (government of friends)”, for preferring his associates for posts that enjoy Cabinet rank in the state.
Even before Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu’s wife Kamlesh Thakur could reach Dehra in Kangra district on Thursday to launch her campaign for the July 10 Assembly bypoll, problems had flared up for her in this high-stakes battlefield.
The Congress on Tuesday fielded Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu’s wife Kamlesh Thakur as its nominee for the Dehra Assembly bypoll scheduled for July 10.
Himachal Congress leader and state minister Vikramaditya Singh lost the high-profile Mandi Lok Sabha battle to actor Kangana Ranaut by 74,755 votes. In an interview with The Indian Express, Singh talks about his loss from Mandi — a seat that his parents, the late former CM Virbhadra Singh, and state Congress chief Pratibha Singh have represented before — why he thinks it will stand him in good stead, Kangana Ranaut, and why he contested despite reluctance.
Behind Kangana Ranaut’s victory over the Congress’s Vikramaditya Singh by 74,755 votes from Mandi Lok Sabha in Himachal Pradesh was a numbers game that the BJP executed with aplomb. In the high-stakes battle, the Bollywood actress’s fate was decided by the Assembly segments in the lower reaches of the mountainous state, which are mostly held by BJP MLAs.
Repeating its 2019 performance in the parliamentary polls, the BJP Tuesday won all four Lok Sabha seats of Himachal Pradesh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claim at public rallies in Nahan and Mandi last week that hundreds of crores of rupees in flood relief funds allocated to Himachal Pradesh were disbursed indiscriminately by the Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu-led state government, has triggered a flurry of counter accusations by Congress leaders.