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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.
Former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh | Leader of Opposition in Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha | Former MP (Lok Sabha) for 3 terms | 4th term MLA.
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.
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...
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.
Dec 18, 2017 · With 16 per cent votes, Prem Kumar Dhumal was the third choice for the CM's post. Dhumal was not an automatic choice for the BJP. Reports suggested that the BJP leadership preferred Nadda as the chief ministerial candidate in Himachal Pradesh.
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.
Dec 18, 2017 · Prem Kumar Dhumal, BJP's CM candidate in Himachal Pradesh, lost Sujanpur Assembly seat to Congress's Rajinder Rana. When Dhumal was trailing, what did his rival within the party and chief...
Dec 18, 2017 · BJP CM candidate Prem Kumar Dhumal and state unit president Satpal Singh Satti, both lost in the Sujanpur and Una constituencies, respectively. The BJP won 44 seats with a vote share of 48.8%...
