Governor Aacharya Devvrat administered the oath of office and secrecy to Jairam Thakur.
The five-time MLA was elected to lead the BJP government in hilly state after the party's chief ministerial candidate Prem Kumar Dhumal failed to be elected from his assembly seat.
Jairam Thakur's name was proposed by Prem Kumar Dhumal and seconded by senior leaders Shanta Kumar and JP Nadda.
Jairam Thakur has been elected unopposed as the BJP's legislature party leader and the new CM of Himachal Pradesh, central observer Narendra Tomar announced today.
While Thakur is the key face in the chief ministerial race, other names doing the rounds are of Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda and party MLA Rajeev Bindal.
Dharamshala(HP): A drunk doctor working at a primary health centre in Himachal Pradesh dozed off inside the operation theatre while performing tubectomy procedures on women in Thunag, 80 km from Mandi district headquarter.The doctor had
Shimla, Jun 27: The tall claims of huge victory in Mandi Lok Sabha bypoll being made by Congress would be deflated when the result of the elections will be declared, former minister and BJP candidate
New Delhi, May 25: The BJP Saturday announced that former Himachal Pradesh minister Jairam Thakur would be its candidate for the June 23 bypoll to the Mandi parliamentary seat.BJP president Rajnath Singh had approved Thakur's
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