Close ties with the RSS ensure Jai Ram Thakur’s elevation as the new chief minister of Himachal Pradesh
For the election-obsessed BJP, the selection of Jai Ram Thakur as the new chief minister of Himachal Pradesh might come handy even in Karnataka, where assembly elections are due in May. The five time MLA, who belongs to the politically powerful Rajput community, is married to Sadhana, a Kannadiga doctor. They met in the mid-1990s in Jaipur when they were members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the student wing of the RSS.
It is too early to say whether BJP president Amit Shah will use Thakur's services in Karnataka. However, his elevation marks a generational shift in Himachal politics. It could be the end of the active political career of veterans Prem Kumar Dhumal and Shanta Kumar of the BJP and outgoing chief minister Virbhadra Singh of the Congress.
This story is from the January 07, 2018 edition of THE WEEK.
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