In Himachal Pradesh, BJP drops two MPs, no change in Hamirpur, Mandi

Shimla | Sunday | 24th March, 2019

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Suresh Kashyap is the serving MLA from Pachhad assembly constituency of Sirmaur district. SHIMLA: BJP has announced its candidates for all four Lok Sabha seats in Himachal Pradesh . The party has replaced sitting MP and senior leader Shanta Kumar in Kangra with state food and civil supplies minister Kishan Kapoor The BJP has fielded sitting MPs Anurag Thakur from Hamirpur and Ram Swaroop Sharma from Mandi. A first-time MP, Sharma’s win was attributed to Modi’s popularity in the polls.Kishan Kapoor is a fivetime MLA from Dharamshala, a serving minister in the BJP state government and an has been associated with Jan Sangh and RSS. Suresh Kashyap has replaced serving MP Virender Kashyap in Shimla At the time of selection, internal reports of party, surveys done by central leadership were taken into account, said a source in BJP.In 2014 parliamentary elections, Ram Swaroop Sharma had sprung a surprise by defeating Congress’s Pratibha Singh, wife of then chief minister Virbhadra Singh..