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Dharamshala, May 10 (Hindustan Reporter) Rakesh Chaudhary, who had contested the assembly elections as a BJP candidate from Dharamshala, has contested the by-elections this time as an independent candidate. Although Rakesh Choudhary was hopeful that he would be fielded as a candidate by the Congress party in the Dharamshala by-election, but Congress has made organization leader and former mayor Devendra Jaggi its candidate, due to which Rakesh Choudhary filed his nomination as an independent on Friday. Gave.
With the entry of Rakesh Choudhary into the election fray, the contest in Dharamshala has become three-cornered because Rakesh Choudhary has previously contested the assembly elections once as an independent and second time on a BJP ticket. Choudhary is considered a good vote bank in his community in Dharamshala, after which the contest in this by-election has become three-cornered.
It is noteworthy that in the 2022 assembly elections, BJP had fielded Rakesh Chaudhary as its candidate but he lost the election to Sudhir Sharma of Congress. After this, this time also he had full hope of getting ticket from BJP in the by-election, but Rakesh Choudhary resigned from BJP after BJP made Sudhir Sharma, who had joined BJP from Congress, as its candidate. After this, he was trying to contest the by-elections in collaboration with the Congress party people but he did not get a place in the Congress either.
After a long tussle, former Mayor and Congress General Secretary Devendra Jaggi, who was the Chief Minister's first choice, was made the Congress candidate from Dharamshala. This is the reason why now Rakesh Choudhary has contested this by-election as an independent, due to which the contest in Dharamshala by-election has become three-cornered.