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Prem Kumar Dhumal (pronounced [preːmə kʊmaːrə d̪ʱuːmələ]; born 10 April 1944) is an Indian politician who has twice served as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, from March 1998 to March 2003 and again from 1 January 2008 to 25 December 2012.
It is the end of electoral politics for BJP veteran and two-term former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal as he opted out of the November 12 state polls leaving his supporters stunned.
Nov 8, 2022 · Sujanpur (Hamirpur, HP): Former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, 78, today said he does not feel left out at having not got the BJP ticket this time — "I chose this myself," he...
Prem Kumar Dhumal is an Indian politician and was the 12th chief minister of the Himachal Pradesh. He has twice been chief minister of Himachal Pradesh from March 1998 to March 2003 and again from January 2008 to December 2012. Presently, he holds the designation of Leader of Opposition in state assembly.
Oct 20, 2022 · Though Dhumal’s beginning in electoral politics started on a rough note — he lost two elections in a row — he went on to become a central figure in Himachal Pradesh politics for the next three decades. But now, it seems, the two-time chief minister’s time in state politics is drawing to a close.
Prem Kumar Dhumal’s biggest success was in 1998 when he became the chief minister with the help of former Union communications and information technology minister Sukh Ram.
Sep 5, 2022 · Bharatiya Janata Party's Himachal Pradesh veteran and two-time chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, who lost to his one-time protege Rajinder Singh Rana of the Congress in the last polls from a new seat, is keen to be in the fray in the year-end assembly polls.
Nov 7, 2022 · The two-time chief minister of Himachal Pradesh and three-time Member of Parliament Prem Kumar Dhumal may not have been fielded by the BJP, but he appears to have not taken it to heart. Upholding the dictum that politicians don’t retire, he is out campaigning for party candidates in his home turf of Hamirpur district on Sunday.
Dec 18, 2017 · The BJP is on course to form the next government in Himachal Pradesh, leading in 42 of 68 seats, and wresting the state from the Congress. For Dhumal loyalists in Hamirpur and Sujanpur - largely traders, it was bolt from the blue to see their messiah loosing the battle.
Dec 22, 2017 · Rather than the buzz on the ground, the man's assertion was premised on the alternating BJP-Congress-BJP cycle of politics Himachal Pradesh has witnessed since Shanta Kumar left the Y.S. Parmar-led Congress with a niggardly nine seats in the post-Emergency elections of 1977.
