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Himachal election: While BJP bets on Dhumal, Congress hopes for a Nadda split

The Congress now expects animosity between Dhumal and Nadda's supporters to be out in the open.

Bharatiya Janata Party Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha chunaav Shri @DhumalHP ji ke netritva mein ladegi," BJP president Amit Shah tweeted minutes after proclaiming two times chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal as the party's chief ministerial candidate for the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections.

Addressing himself directly to incumbent Congress chief minister Virbhadra Singh at a crowded rally in Rajgarh in Sirmour district, Shah said, "I will make it

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