Caste factor, clean image worked in Suresh Kashyap’s favour
SHIMLA : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) high command has made a smart move by picking young Shimla MP Suresh Kashyap as party’s Himachal unit chief.
Kashyap’s defence background, non-controversial image and caste card make him a good bet for the party that is eyeing the 2022 assembly elections.
Of the total 68 assembly segments in Himachal, 17 are reserved. Scheduled castes comprise 26.5% of population in Himachal – the second-most dominant community after Rajputs (37.5%). Kashyap is the first Himachal party president from the SC community. his post on May 27 within fourand-a-half months of his appointment, saying he was doing so to ensure a proper investigation into the case of alleged corruption by a health department official.