On November 2, after the catastrophic by-election results came out (the BJP, in power in the state, could not win even one of the three Assembly seats and lost the Mandi Lok Sabha seat as well), Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister (CM) and veteran BJP leader Jairam Thakur said inflation and inner-party sabotage were responsible for the defeat.
On November 3, Anurag Thakur, Union minister, top Himachal Pradesh leader from the BJP, and former CM P K Dhumal’s son, contested this. How could the BJP have won by-elections elsewhere in the country if inflation was responsible? The party will have to study
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