Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister of India said on Thursday that only two Prime Ministers in the history of the India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Narendra Modi gave importance to Himachal Pradesh like nobody else.
Rajnath Singh, while addressing a public gathering in Himachal said, “People of this country can evaluate well what earlier governments did and what present government is doing. Cong has been in power for a long time post-independence. But only two PMs-Atal Bihari Vajpayee and PM Modi-gave importance to Himachal like nobody else”. He praised PM Narendra Modi’s leadership and hghlighted that India’s glory has multiplied on the global stage under his leadership.
He said, “No one can deny the fact that after PM Modi became PM, India’s prestige increased on the global stage. Today if India says anything on the global forum, other countries listen carefully to what India is saying.”
The BJP has also unveiled its list of 68 candidates.
One woman found representation among the six contenders receiving a ticket from the second list, while the other five are men.
Ramesh Dhawala from Dehra, Ravinder Singh Ravi from Jawalamukhi, Maheshwar Singh from Kullu, Maya Sharma from Barsar, Prof. Ramkumar from Haroli, and Kaul Negi from Rampur are some of those chosen to compete (SC).
Jairam Thakur, the chief minister, is running from Seraj, along with Anil Sharma and Satpal Singh Satti from Mandi and Una, respectively.
Rita Dhiman from Indora (SC), Vikram Jariyal from Bhattiyat, Ranveer Singh (Nikka) from Nurpur, Hans Raj from Churah (SC), Dr. Jannak Raj from Bharmour (ST), Indira Kapoor from Chamba, DS from Dalhousie, Rakesh Pathania from Fatehpur, Sanjay Guleria from Jawali, Bikram Thakur from Jaswan-Prangpur, and (SC).
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 have also received tickets from the BJP (SC).
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 have all been given tickets.
Inder Singh Gandhi, Daleep Thakur, Anil Dhiman, Captain (Retd) Ranjit Singh, Narendra Thakur, and Vijay Agnihotri will run from Balh (SC), Sarkaghat (SC), Bhoranj (SC), Sujanpur (SC), and Nadaun (SC), respectively.
Prem Kumar Dhumal, the previous chief minister and father of Anurag Thakur, was not awarded a ticket by the party. Gulab Singh, the father-in-law of Anurag Thakur, also received a ticket denial.
The 2017 elections forced both of them to accept defeat. The state will go to the polls on November 12 and the counting of votes will be held on December 8.