Overconfidence cost BJP heavily in Himachal Pradesh bypolls, says CM Jairam Thakur

Terming the BJP's poor performance in the recent bypolls as a 'timely alert', Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur said 'overconfidence in the rank and file of the party' cost the BJP heavily.

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.