The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday declared candidates for the bypolls to two assembly segments of Himachal Pradesh.
The party has fielded former Sirmour Zila Parishad member Reena Kashyap from Pachhad constituency (SC) and Vishal Nehriya from Dharamshala seat.
The two seats had fallen vacant after sitting BJP MLAs Suresh Kashyap (Pachhad) and Kishan Kapoor (Dharamshala) were elected to the Lok Sabha.
Reena Kashyap and Nehriya are contesting the Vidhan Sabha elections for the first time.
While Reena Kashyap is the co-convenor of the IT cell of the state Bharatiya Janata Mahila Morcha (BJMM), Nehriya is state secretary of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), a party spokesperson said.
Reena Kashyap has been pitted against veteran Congress leader Gangu Ram Musafir, whose candidature was declared by the Congress on Saturday. Similarly, Nehriya is trying his luck against youth Congress leader Vijay Inder Karan from Dharamshala who too is contesting the assembly polls for the first time.
All the four candidates will file their nomination papers on Monday.
The voting for the two seats will be held on October 21 and the results will be declared on October 24.
