Gearing up for by-polls, BJP cites Kargil veteran Brigadier Khushal Thakur (Retd) as candidate from HP
Khushal Thakur (Retd) was the commanding officer of the 18 Grenadiers which was part of a successful operation to capture Tiger Hill in 1999.
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Shimla, October 7: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set for the upcoming by-polls to three Lok Sabha seats in Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh and 16 Assembly seats across various states as it releases it list of candidates. Kargil veteran Brigadier Khushal Thakur (Retd) has grabbed the BJP ticket for Lok Sabha seat from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh. Khushal Thakur (Retd) was the commanding officer of the 18 Grenadiers which was part of a successful operation to capture Tiger Hill in 1999.
BJP released the list of candidates gearing up for the by-polls that is scheduled to be held on October 30. Announcing the candidatures, state party chief Suresh Kashyap informed that Neelam Seraik is the BJP candidate from Jubbal-Kotkhai, Baldev Thakur from Fatehbpur and Ratan Pal Singh will fight from Arki.
Brigadier Thakur graduated from the Himachal Pradesh University and holds a PG diploma in computers and human rights. He started his professional career as a village revenue officer in patwari for three years. Later, in 1975 he joined the Indian Army and in his 34-year military career, he participated in the Indian peacekeeping mission in Sri Lanka against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). While on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Sierra Leone, he triumphantly led Operation Khukhri and liberated 234 soldiers, including 225 Indians, who were being held hostage by rebels.
The by-elections in Mandi parliamentary constituency are scheduled on October 30 along with three assembly segments. Brigadier Thakur, who hails from Mandi’s Nagwain village, will fight against former Congress MP Pratibha Singh, who is late Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh’s wife.
