bjp in himachal

DHARAMSALA: With the formal election campaign coming to close on Saturday evening, all was set for the polling in the state to be held on Monday.

Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh said that it was painful that the opposition was not playing a constructive role and regular walkouts and hullabaloo during the budget sessions had become a routine affair, which affects the development policies.

The leader of the opposition in Himachal Vidhan Sabha, P K Dhumal on Tuesday described the state budget for 2016-17 as "disappointing".,

Controversy over the Indo-Pak match has brought to fore the divided face of the saffron party in Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) was cornered by families of martyrs protesting against the India-Pakistan match.

NEW DELHI: For BJP President Venkaiah Naidu and his team, particularly General Secretary Arun Jaitley, winning Himachal Pradesh, where assembly elections are due at the end of February, is crucial for more than one reason.

NEW DELHI: The Congress party's decisive victory in Himachal was the most striking outcome of the state assembly polls to four small, largely mountain, states last week.

NEW DELHI: In a high-powered campaign, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani and other top leaders would garner support for BJP candidates in Himachal Pradesh.

Apprehending horse-trading by the bjp in himachal Pradesh after the announcement of poll results, Congress MLA Vikramaditya Singh said that if the Congress comes close to the majority, then in such a situation, then the BJP can resort to petty acts of horse-trading by ‘misusing’ ED and CBI.

While the Union ministers were talking to various leaders, supporters of former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal and Seraj MLA Jai Ram Thakur, believed to be the front-runner for the top post, started to outshout each other at Hotel Peterhoff in Shimla.

Issue of delay in setting up of permanent campus of Central University in Himachal Pradesh was raised in the Parliament by BJP Hamirpur MP Anurag Thakur during the zero hour.

NEW DELHI: Majority of the sitting MLAs were renominated but deputy Speaker of the dissolved Assembly Ram Dass Malangar was dropped from the BJP's list of candidates for next month's Assembly polls in Himachal Pradesh.

In the wake of fresh media reports, BJP on Friday demanded Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh's resignation alleging that six front companies paid Rs 1.6 crore into bank accounts of his family members through a close associate.

Himachal Lokhit Party (HLP) on Sunday merged with BJP in presence of hundreds of workers of both the parties at historical Dussehra ground of Kullu.

Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee has criticised the BJP for terming the Sports Bill brought by state government as an attempt to takeover Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA).

In this state of Army aspirants, the resistance to the Centre’s Agnipath scheme can damage the ruling BJP in the assembly election year, since the Congress and AAP have politicised the issue.Himachal Pradesh has 1.20 lakh serving defence personnel and almost an equal number of ex-servicemen.

In the recent years, bjp in himachal Pradesh has got divided between two former chief ministers- Prem Kumar Dhumal and Shanta Kumar whose opposition to each other is a no secret.

The opposition bjp in himachal Pradesh has demanded the resignation of chief minister Virbhadra Singh alleging that he was trying to influence the investigation by repeatedly claiming to be innocent and attacking the NDA.

NEW DELHI: The countdown to the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, slated for later this year, has begun.

Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Sunday said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who snapped ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) last year, can return to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) any time.Talking to PTI, Athawale said Nitish Kumar was part of the NDA earlier and despite the BJP getting more seats in the assembly elections in Bihar last time, he was made the chief minister.

BJP’s Himachal Pradesh unit chief Suresh Kashyap said on Friday that the Congress had already conceded defeat before the assembly elections.

A day after two audio and a video CD was circulated among journalists and officials exposing two BJP leaders, Himachal Pradesh CM Prem Kumar Dhumal on Wednesday ordered a CID inquiry into the episode.