Jai Ram winds up electioneering, says BJP will win both seats
DHARAMSHALA:The writing on the wall is clear for Congress as the BJP candidates are set to win the bypolls to the two assembly segments—Dharamshala and Pacchad—with huge margins, chief minister Jai Ram Thakur asserted as he winded by the campaigning for the ruling party on Saturday.
On the final day of canvassing, Thakur addressed four back-toback rallies across Dharamshala assembly segment in Bhagsunag, Kotwali Bazar, Mandal and Khaniyara area besides flagging off a bike rally.
Exhorting people to vote in favour of BJP candidate Vishal Nehria, he said, “Atmosphere here suggests that our victory would be massive. Also, the opponents are far behind in terms of the campaigning.” Slamming the Congress, the CM said those who questioned the state government about what it has done for Kangra and Dharamshala areas will get a reply on the day of the election result.“Successive BJP governments have a greatly contributed to development of Dharamshala, right from the headquarters of school education board to the international cricket stadium. Central University of Himachal Pradesh and Agriculture University were set up in Kangra during BJP regimes,” the chief minister said.
Taking a jibe at Congress, Thakur said he cannot comprehend on what basis the opposition party was seeking votes from the public when they are neither in power at the Centre the state.
“Congress tries to project that no development took place during BJP regime. I want to say that something must have happened that they suffered such a humiliating defeat in Lok Sabha polls,” Thakur said. Exhorting people to vote in favour of BJP, Thakur said Nehria will continue works started by former MLA Kishan Kapoor. The CM was accompanied by state BJP chief Satpal Singh Satti, deputy speaker Hans Raj and health minister Vipin Singh Parmar.