Addressing a poll rally at Rajgarh in Pacchad constituency of Sirmaur district, Shah said the BJP was contesting under the leadership of Narendra Modi in the whole country and in Himachal they will contest these polls under the leadership of their senior leader PK Dhumal.
He said Dhumal was a former chief minister and at present the leader of the Opposition but after December 18 he would be the state’s next chief minister.
Shah said Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh instead of talking about his work and responding to allegations of corruption and also to the Kotkhai case, was persistently asking them at all public platforms under whose leadership was the BJP contesting the Himachal polls.
He said he wanted to make it clear to Singh that the 2017 polls were being fought under the leadership of their senior leader PK Dhumal.
The announcement drew immense applause from the gathering and despite his absence from the rally the party workers raised slogans in Dhumal’s favour. Senior leaders sitting on the stage, including Shimla MP Virender Kashyap and BJP general secretary Chander Mohan, got up from their chairs and welcomed the most-eagerly awaited announcement.
While the announcement was on expected lines, it has brought cheer to the BJP cadres as PK Dhumal was not only the tallest leader of the party in the state but was also capable of swinging a sizeable voter share in the party’s favour.
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