Bypolls Setback For 2 BJP Chief Ministers In A Year Of Swift Farewells
NDTV
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and his Karnataka counterpart Basavaraj S Bommai have cause to worry against the backdrop of the BJP swiftly replacing four Chief Ministers in six months.
Two BJP Chief Ministers may find themselves in a tricky spot after results to the October 30 bypolls were declared.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and his Karnataka counterpart Basavaraj S Bommai have cause to worry against the backdrop of the BJP swiftly replacing four Chief Ministers in six months -- Vijay Rupani in Gujarat, B S Yediyurappa in Karnataka and Trivendra Singh Rawat and Tirath Singh Rawat in Uttarakhand.
The BJP's rout in Himachal was the most bitter, as arch rival Congress swept the three Assembly and the one Lok Sabha seat that went to polls on October 30.
Mr Thakur accepted the defeats and said the party will learn from them. He attributed the Congress's win in the Mandi Lok Sabha seat to the party playing an "emotional card" by fielding former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh's wife Pratibha Singh.
