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Himachal Pradesh elections 2022: Congress shows the exit doors to BJP in Kullu

The BJP has decided to stick with Maheshwar Singh this time too.

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Kullu is an assembly constituency under Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh. Congress' Sunder Singh Thakur defeats Narotam Singh from Bharatiya Janata Party with 4103 votes.

In 2017, Sunder Singh Thakur of the Congress won the seat by defeating Maheshwar Singh of the BJP with a margin of 1,538 votes. However, the BJP has decided to stick with Maheshwar Singh this time too.

Kullu Assembly constituency falls under the Mandi Lok sabha constituency. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP candidate Ram Swaroop Sharma won from Mandi Lok Sabha (MP) Seat with a margin of 4,05,459 votes by defeating Aashray Sharma of the Indian National Congress. 

Hilly state's Chief Minister Jairam Thakur is riding high on the wave of a 'double-engine' government with a reference to the BJP being in power both in Himachal Pradesh and at the Centre.

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