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Shimla: According to sources, the Congress has decided upon the following list of candidates for the second stage of Himachal General assembly elections. Some last minute changes can be expected tomorrow, after a meeting with Congress High Command Sonia Gandhi. So far, following are the probables that may get the tickets.:
Constituency Name of Candidate
Rohru: Virbhadra Singh
Rampur (SC): Nand Lal
Arki: Dharampal Thakur
Nalagarh: Lakwinder Rana
Doon: Lajja Ram
Solan (SC): Dr. Kailash Prashar
Kasauli (SC): Raghu Raj
Renuka: Dr. Prem Singh
Pachhad (SC): Ganguram Musafir
Shillai: Harsh Wardhan
Paonta Doon: Karunesh Jang
Nahan: Kush Parmar
Kotkehloor: Thakur Ram Lal
Bilaspur: Tilak Raj
Ghumarwin (SC): Rajesh Dharamani
Nadaun: Sukhvinder Singh Sukkhu
Hamirpur: Anita Verma
Bamsan: Col. L.M. Langwal
Mewa (SC): Suresh Kumar
Nadaunta: Vidya Kumari
Gagret (SC): Kuldeep Kumar
Chintpurni: Rakesh Kalia
Santokhgarh: Mukesh Agnihotri
Una: O.P. Rattan
Kutlehar: Ram Nath Sharma
Nurpur: Ajay Mahajan
Gangath (SC): Bodh Raj
Jawali: Sujan Singh Pathania
Guler: Neeraj Bharti
Jaswan: Manu Sharma
Paragpur (SC): Yog Raj
Jawalamukhi: Ruma Kaundal
Thural: Sanjay Rana
Rajgir (SC): Dr. Milkhi Ram Goma
Baijnath: Sudhir Sharma
Palampur: Brij Bihari Lal Butail
Sulah: Jagjiwan Paul
Nagrota: G.S. Bali
Shahpur: Kewal Singh Pathania
Dharamshala: Chandresh Kumari
Kangra: Surinder Kumar
Bhattiyat: Kuldeep Singh Pathania
Banikhet: Asha Kumari
Rajnagar (SC): Surinder Bhardwaj
Chamba: Pawan Nayyar
Kullu: Raj Kishan Gaur
Kumarsain: Vidya Stokes
Shimla: Harbhajan Singh Bhajji
Kasumpti (SC): Sohan Lal
Theog: Rajinder Verma
Chopa:l Dr. Subhash Manglet
Jubbal-Kotkhai: Rohit Thakur
Banjar: Satya Prakash Thakur
Anni (SC): Ishwar Das
Karsog (SC): Mast Ram
Chachiot: Shiv Lal
Nachan (SC): Tek Chand
Sundernagar: Sohan Lal Thakur
Balh (SC): Prakash Chaudhary
Gopalpur: Rangila Ram Rao
Dharampur: Chander Shekhar
Joginder Nagar: Surender Pal
Darang: Kaul Singh
Mandi: Anil Sharma
Geharwin: Biru Ram
The final congress list released does not find the name of deputy speaker Dharm Pal Thakur from Arki, OP Rattan from Una in it.
Instead of Thakur the candidate is Prakash Chand Karad and in place of OP Rattan it is Virender Gautum as per the list released by party spokesman Kuldeep Rathore, today
I think, Ghumarvin is not a reserve constituency.
I think OPRattan will be the strongest competitor in this bypoll election.
There is a certain charisma to Anurag Thakur's personality and above all he is a young candidate. Congress to its true tradition is still fielding the aged and this will ultimately prove fatal to Congress. Congress has very little bench strength in terms of young leaders and have hardly any recall value outside their constituency.
On the other hand BJP seems to has changed with time and has young team unlike Congress which still has 70 plus year old "young leaders" running the party. Youth is a big electorate and they need to connect with the leaders.
Another factor going against the Congress is this election is being held in the "honeymoon" period of the new BJP Govt. Hamirpur has in the past always given tough time to Congress. Had Congress also fielded any young leader this would have made the contest interesting.
Congress is on a sticky wicket and this contest seems like a cricket match between Australia and the Bangladesh.
I think now day by day position is changing like the match between Bngldesh V/S Ausis of world cup where ausis got defeat by bangla which is looking same as the case of Anurag v/s OP Rattan.
Now no agenda is left behind with BJP which is looking on the defence side or on the backfoot as the election day is coming near and near with the emergence of star compaigner Raja Virbhadra Singh.Now there is only need of one goooglyyy which will struck the wicket of the BJP on the election day.
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