Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur is facing a tough challenge of retaining a majority of the 10 seats in his home district, where the Congress had failed to open its account as the BJP won nine seats and an Independent one seat in the 2017 elections.
While two former MPs have turned rebels in BJP, two former ministers who were denied tickets are unhappy with Congress. In a state which has seen a straight contest between these two parties, AAP has already complicated affairs.
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur faces a challenging task to retain BJP’s seven seats in Mandi and three seats in Kullu districts in view of stiff revolt from rebels.