Prem Kumar Dhumal helped BJP win Himachal, but lost big time
Himachal has almost never repeated a government. This election may usher in a generational shift as well, as both Virbhadra and Dhumal lick their wounds.
On the concluding day of the 12th Vidhan Sabha on August 25, Virbhadra Singh told Prem Kumar Dhumal: "I will not be in these elections, but all the best to you." Evidently feeling humiliated with the Congress high command's delay in naming him the party's chief ministerial face, Singh told the former BJP CM that he did "not expect to be in the next Vidhan Sabha".
Four months later, 83 year old Singh is back in the house, albeit, in the Opposition. But 73 year old Dhumal finds himself in political limbo, having ignominiously lost his own election, while the campaign he so ably helped craft won the BJP one of its biggest electoral victories in the
