May 26, 2013 12:11 am | Updated 12:11 am IST - SHIMLA:
The Bharatiya Janata Party leadership on Saturday approved the name of four-time MLA Jai Ram Thakur as the party’s candidate for the Lok Sabha by-election from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh.
The seat fell vacant after Virbhadra Singh resigned to contest the Assembly polls. A former ABVP activist, Mr. Thakur is the sitting MLA from Seraj constituency in Mandi district. He had also remained as the most non-controversial and acceptable party president from 2007 to 2009.
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