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BJP releases Himachal list

Onkar Singh in New Delhi | January 31, 2003 04:24 IST

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday released a list of 66 candidates for the Himachal Pradesh assembly election, polling for which will take place on February 26.

Caretaker Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has been given ticket from the Bamsan assembly constituency.

While 26 sitting MLAs of the party have been given tickets, eight have been denied renomination.

Four women -- Urmil Thakur (Hamirpur), Anita Sandal (Pragpur), Renu Chaddha (Baniket) and Rani Kiran Kumari (Mandi) -- have been given tickets.

The speaker of the dissolved assembly, who joined the party on Thursday, has been nominated for the Joginder Nagar seat.

Former Union telecommunication minister, Pramod Mahajan, who has been appointed general secretary in charge of Himachal Pradesh, said the party would do well in Himachal Pradesh.

"We have done commendable work in Himachal Pradesh and we hope that the people of the state would give us another chance. The party campaign would be led by Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal. We are planning to send one national leader to each of the assembly segment of the state from February 12. This is the same strategy we adopted in Gujarat and we are sure it would pay off," Mahajan told rediff.com.

"Himachal Pradesh has got special attention because it has been close to the heart of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee," he said.

Asked how many seats did the party hope to win, Mahajan said that it would be difficult to talk numbers at this stage, but the party would get a comfortable majority.

Following is the list of 65 BJP candidates:

SerialConstituencyName of Candidate
1.Kinnaur (ST)Tejvant Singh Negi
2.Rampur (SC) Brij Lal
3.RohruKhurshiram Balnahata
4.JubbalKotkhai Narendra Balnatha
5.ChopalSanjay Shastri
6.KumarsainSandeepani Bhardwaj
7.ShimlaGanesh Dutt
8.Kasumpti (SC) Roop Das Kashyap
9.ArkiGovind Sharma
10.DoonDhyan Singh
11.Kasuli (SC) Virendra Kashyap
12.SolanRajiv Bindal
13.Pachhad(SC)Ram Prakash
14.Rainuka(SC) Balbir Singh
15.ShillaiiDileep Singh Tomar
16.PontaSahib Sukhram Chaudhury
17.NahanChandra Mohan
18.KotkehloorRandhir Sharma
19.BilaspurJagat Prakash Naddha
20.GhumarwinKarmdev Dharmani
21.Geharwin (SC)Rikhiram Kondal
22.NadaunBaburam Mandyal
23.HamirpurUrmil Thakur
24.BamsanPrem Kumar Dhumal
25.MewaIshwardas Dhiman
26.NadauntaBaldev Sharma
27.Gagret (SC)Balbir Singh Chaudhary
28.ChintpurniPraveen Sharma
29.UnaSatpal Satti
30.KutleharVirendra Kanwar
31.NapurRakesh Pathania
32.Gangath(SC) Desraj
33.JawaliDr Rajan Sushant
34.GulerHarbans Rana
35.JaswanVikram Thakur
36.PragpurMs Anti Sandal
37.JwalamukhiRamesh Dhawala
38.ThuralRavindra Singh Ravi
39.Rajgir (SC) Captain Atmaram
40.BaijnathDulo Ram
41.PalampurPraveen Sharma
42.SulahVipin Parmar
43.NagrotaRam Chand Bhatia
44.ShahpurMs Sarveen Chaudhary
45.DharamslaKaishan Kapoor
46.KangraRatan Jagdamba
47.BhatiatKishori Lal
48.BanikhetMs Renu Chaddha
49.Raj NagarMohan Lal
50.ChambaB K Chauhan
51.BharmaurTulsi Ram
52.Lahaul-Spiti Yuvraj Baudh
53.KulluKaran Singh
54.BanjarKhimi Ram
55.AaniTej Ram
56.Karsog (SC) Jogendra Pal
57.ChachyotJairam Thakur
58.NachanDili Ram
59.Sunder NagarThakur Roop Singh
60.Balh (SC) Damodar Das
61.GopalpurColonel Inder Singh
62.DharampurKarmvir Verma
63.Joginder Nagar Thakur Gulab Singh
64.DarangRamesh Chandra
65.MandiMs Rani Kiran Kumari




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