In the list announced on Wednesday BJP has given ticket to six women candidates which is far less than speculated ten. Sending a strict signal to its party men, BJP has refused to give a chance again to four of its sitting MlAs.
The sitting MlAs who have been denied tickets include Gobind Ram from Arki, BK Chauhan from Chamba, Rikhi Ram Kaundal from Jhanduta and a surprising change in Bhoranj, where the saffron party has changed Dr Anil Dhiman, who had won election just around six months ago.
State BJP president Satpal Singh Satti would contest elections from Una, Suresh Bhardwaj from Shimla Rural, Hansraj from Churah, Vikram Jaryal from Bhattiyat, Vikram Singh from Jaswan Paragpur, Jiya lal Kapoor from Bharmour, Pawan Naiyar from Chamba, D S Thakur from Dalhousie, Rakesh Pathania from Nurpur, Reeta Dhiman from Indora, Kripal Parmar from Fatehpur, Arjun Singh Thakur from Jawali, Ravindra Singh from Dehra, Ramesh Dhavala from Jwalamukhi, Ravindra Dhiman from Jaisinghpur, Vipin Singh Parmar from Sullah, Arun Kumar from Nagrota, Sanjay Chaudhary from Kangra, Sarvin Chaudhary from Shahpur, Kisan Kapoor from Dharamshala, Indu Gauswamy from Palampur and Mulakh Raj Premi from Baijnath.
In other candidates, Ramlal Markandeya from lahaul and Spiti, Govind Singh Thakur from Manali, Maheshwar Singh from Kullu, Surendra Shourie from Banjar, Kishori lal from Anni, Hira lal from Karsog, Rakesh Jamwal from Sundernagar, Vinod Kumar from Nachan, Jai Ram Thakur from Seraj, Jawahar Thakur from Darang, Gulab Singh Thakur from Jogindernagar, Mahendra Singh Thakur from Dharampur, Anil Sharma from Mandi, Indra Singh Gandhi from Balh, Col. Indra Singh Thakur from Sarkaghat, Kamlesh Kumari from Bhoranj, Prem Kumar Dhumal from Sujanpur, Narendra Thakur from Hamirpur, Baldev Sharma from Barsar, Vijay Agnihotri from Nadaun, Balbir Singh Chaudhary from Chintpurni, Rajesh Thakur from Gagret, Ram Kumar Sharma from Haroli, Satpal Singh Satti from Una, Virendra Kuwar from Kutlehar, J R Katwal from Jhanduta, Rajendra Garg from Ghumarwin, Subhas Thakur from Bilaspur, Randheer Sharma from Sri Naina Devi, Ratan Singh Pal from Arki, Krishan lal Thakur from Nalagarh, Paramjeet Singh from Doon, Rajesh Kashyap from Solan, Rajeev Sehjal from Kasauli and Suresh Kumar Kashyap will contest from Pachhad constituency.
Rajeev Bindal from Nahan, Balbir Chauhan from Renukaji, Sukhram Chaudhary from Paonta Sahib, Baldev SinghTomar from Shillai, Balbir Singh Verma from Chopal, Rakesh Verma from Theog, Vijay Jyoti Sain from Kasumpti, Narendra Bragata from Jubbal-Kotkhai, Prem Singh Draik from Rampur, Shashi Bala from Rohru and Tejwant Negi from Kinnaur have been announced as candidates of the BJP.