Bypoll defeat was 'timely alert', should not be seen as govt's final assessment: HP CM Thakur
The Hindu
"For reasons behind the party's defeat in these bypolls, a deeper analysis is required."
Describing its defeat in the Himachal Pradesh bypolls as a "timely alert" for the BJP, Chief Minister Jairam Thakur has said it should not be seen as the final assessment of his government, suggesting that the party was let down by "overconfidence".
In the recently held bypolls in the state, the BJP lost in the Arki, Fatehpur and the Jubbal-Kotkhai assembly seats, and also in the Lok Sabha seat in Mandi. In the 2019 general elections, the party had won Mandi with a comfortable margin.
Mr. Thakur said there were several reasons behind the party's defeat in these bypolls, for which a deeper analysis is required.
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