Photo: HTThe Himachal Pradesh (HP) elections saw the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) securing a comfortable victory under the leadership of Prem Kumar Dhumal, who unfortunately lost his seat from Sujanpur. Stalwarts like Gulab Singh Thakur, Satpal Singh Satti, Ravinder Ravi, and Randhir Singh from the BJP and Kaul Singh Thakur, Sudhir Sharma, Thakur Singh Bharmouri and Parkash Chaudhary from the Congress have suffered a defeat. The BJP has entrenched its foothold in the tribal areas and older Himachal now, thus obliterating the tag of a regional voice within the state. Before him, Maheshwar Singh, a BJP dissident, merged his Himachal Lokhit Party with BJP in 2016. Four Congress candidates are the wards of Virbhadra Singh, Kaul Singh, R.N.

Source: Mint December 18, 2017 18:45 UTC