Jai Ram Thakur appointed as Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister
BJP's veteran leader and five-time MLA Jai Ram Thakur has been appointed as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. This comes after the party's Chief Ministerial candidate Prem Kumar Dhumal lost the state Assembly election from the Sujanpur seat by 1,919 votes. Thakur won from the Seraj constituency against Congress candidate Chet Ram with a margin of over 11,000 votes.