Amit Shah’s remarks increase Thakur’s project, stakes high for Sukhu

Hamirpur: Union Minister Anurag Thakur deals with an election rally in Barsar Assembly constituency of Hamirpur. (Photo: PTI) Stakes are high for Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and Union minister Anurag Singh Thakur in Hamirpur Lok Sabha constituency where revolt in the Congress and 4 synchronised 6 assembly byelections have actually made the parliamentary contest interesting. Thakur won the 2019 elections by 3,99,572 votes, 2014 surveys by 98,403 votes, 2009 by 72,732 and 2008 byelection by 1,74,666 votes. Union Home minister Amit Shah’s remarks that Hamirpur has actually got a ready-made minister and will not get an MP like him even if individuals search with a light have actually supercharged Thakur’s project. It is likewise most likely to benefit the BJP in the assembly byelections. Sukhu and Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri are intensively marketing in the constituency and implicating Thakur of making high guarantees and declaring that the Congress will wrest the seat this time. The Hamirpur parliamentary constituency is thought about a bastion of the BJP. Out of the 17 elections consisting of 2 byelections held given that 1952, the BJP has actually won 10 times, the Congress 5 and the Janta Party and an Independent when each. The BJP has actually lost just as soon as in 1996 on this seat after 1984. Anurag Thakur, who was chosen for the very first time in 2008 bypoll following his daddy Prem Kumar Dhumal’s resignation after taking control of as primary minister of the state, won 3 more elections in a row in 2009, 2014 and 2019. He is looking for the successive 5th term dealing with previous MLA from Una, Satpal Singh Raizada, of the Congress. It is for the very first time that the Lok Sabha surveys are being kept in Hamirpur constituency with Congress chief minister Sukhu, coming from Hamirpur district in the saddle, and the assembly sections of the chief minister, deputy chief minister Mukesh Agnihotri and cabinet minister Rajesh Dharmani falling under this constituency. The Hamirpur Lok Sabha constituency consists of 17 assembly sections– 5 constituencies each in Hamirpur and Una districts, 4 in Bilaspur district, Dehra and Jaswan-Pragpur in Kangra district and Dharampur in Mandi district. In the 2022 assembly surveys, the Congress won 4 seats each in Hamirpur and Una district and one each in Bilaspur and Mandi districts, while the BJP bagged just 5 seats and 2 seats went to Independents. After February-March revolt in the Congress, the electoral math altered. The Hamirpur parliamentary constituency was the most impacted as 4 Congress MLAs revolted and one Independent, supporting the Congress, likewise signed up with the BJP. The assembly byelections in Sujanpur and Barsar in Hami
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