The reason why Jai Ram Thakur was chosen Himachal CM

New Delhi, December 25 : The day the Himachal results were announced—December 18—The Tribune was among the few who wrote that the BJP’s Parliamentary Board had “more or less zeroed in on” Jai Ram Thakur as the next chief minister.
And there were reasons for that.Despite speculation about a whole lot of other names, including that of Union minister JP Nadda, and intense lobbying by the Prem Kumar Dhumal group, top sources in the saffron party were clear that only an elected MLA would be considered for the top post. Or, a wrong message would go to the cadres, they said.The public had rejected Dhumal, the BJP’s original choice, they added. It is not as if the Dhumal lobby did not try.Apart from the open show of strength in Shimla, a top leader from the group also tried to propagate the theory here in the capital—of the hard work put in by BJP’s original choice and the support he enjoyed among several MLAs. The leader said it was because of efforts put in by Dhumal and his supporters that the BJP won in the state. And if a by-poll has to be arranged for Nadda, why not for Dhumal?
However, BJP leaders in the know of the situation were clear. That apart from the support of the RSS, the CM has to be someone who had won the elections. Nadda, they said “was an organisation man” who was needed by BJP chief Amit Shah at the Centre for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. He enjoys trust of the top leadership and may even be slated for a larger role in the organisational set-up (of the BJP),” they said.