Nadda told reporters that Jai Ram Thakur is working and he will continue it in future also. file photo
BJP President JP Nadda said – 10 to 15 percent of the current BJP MLAs cannot get tickets in the elections.
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Shimla: BJP president JP Nadda on Sunday said the party will not replace Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and will contest the upcoming state assembly elections under his leadership. When asked about Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia’s claim that Union Minister Anurag Thakur would replace Jai Ram Thakur as the state’s CM, Nadda made the statement.
Nadda told reporters that Jai Ram Thakur is working and he will continue it in future also. He said that he will not be changed and the BJP will fight the assembly elections under his leadership.
Replying to another question, Nadda said that no minister in the state will be replaced. However, he said that the current 10 to 15 percent of BJP MLAs may not get tickets in the elections. He said that 10 to 15 percent of BJP MLAs did not get tickets in the UP assembly elections and it is likely to happen here as well. Nadda also expressed confidence that the BJP would emerge as one of the main political parties in Punjab.
He said the BJP used to contest only 23 of the 117 assembly seats in Punjab as an alliance partner, but in the recent elections there, it contested 68 seats as a senior alliance partner. Hence, BJP will emerge as a major ideological alternative in Punjab in the next election. Assembly elections are due in Himachal Pradesh later this year.
While earlier elections have always been a bipolar contest between the Congress and the BJP, this time the Aam Aadmi Party is trying to gain a foothold in the state. In the recently concluded assembly elections, AAP returned to power in Punjab.
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