Shimla, November 03, 2021 (PPI-OT):In a major embarrassment for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, the Congress won the Mandi Lok Sabha by poll along with all three Assembly constituencies – Arki, Fatehpur and Jubbal-Kotkhai – in by polls.
Congress candidate Pratibha Singh won the Mandi seat, a prestige for Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur as it falls in his home district, by defeating BJP’s greenhorn Brigadier (retired) Khushal Thakur, by a slender margin of 8,766 votes. The Congress candidates won Arki, Jubbal-Kotkhai and Fatehpur Assembly segments with comfortable margins.
Elated over party’s victory, Leader of Opposition Mukesh Agnihotri told media that this poll was the semi-final ahead of the 2022 Assembly poll. “The people have lost faith in BJP owing to its anti-people policies. It is a vote for change. We are going to make a comeback in the state in the next Assembly elections,” he said.
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