New Delhi: The ruling BJP on Thursday released its second list of six candidates for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly election which are to be held on November 12.
The party has fielded Ramesh Dhawala from Dehra, Ravinder Singh Ravi from Jawalamukhi, Maheshwar Singh from Kullu, Maya Sharma from Barsar, Ram Kumar from Haroli, and Kaul Negi from Rampur.
The party released its first list of 62 candidates on Wednesday morning. Nineteen out of the 62 candidates declared in the first list are new faces and trying their luck for the first time, state BJP president Suresh Kashyap mentioned in a statement on Wednesday evening, as quoted by news agency PTI.
Five doctors and a retired IAS officer are among those given BJP tickets.
Senior Medical Superintendent at Shimla’s IGMC Hospital Dr Janak Raj has been given ticket from Bharmaur. Two allopathic doctors Rajesh Kashyap and Anil Dhiman have been fielded from Solan and Bhoranj, respectively. Ayurvedic doctors Rajiv Saizal and Rajiv Bindal were also given tickets in the first list.
Retired IAS officer J R Katwal is retrying his luck from the Jhanduta seat. Five women were also included in the first list of BJP candidates. Indira Kapoor was given ticket for the first time from Chamba.
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Cabinet minister Sarveen Chaudhary will be retrying her luck from the Shahpur seat, MLA Reena Kashyap from Pachhad, and Rita Dhiman from the Indora seat.
Former candidate Shashi Bala has been has been fielded again from Rohru. The BJP is hopeful of retaining power in the hill state.
In the 68-member Assembly, the BJP currently has 43 members and the Congress 22. There are two Independents and one CPI (M) MLA.
The Election Commission issued a notification for the state election on October 17 and the last date for the filing of nominations is October 25. Scrutiny of papers will be held on October 27 and the last date for the withdrawal of papers will be October 29.
The voting is scheduled to take place on November 12 while the counting will take place on December 8.
(With Agency Inputs)