Hindustan Times
Shimla, November 06, 2007: Amid intense speculations on who will be BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate in Himanchal Pradesh, there is possibility of the saffron party adopting the "Uttrakhand formula" where it did not project anybody for the top post.
Among the front-runners for the chief minsiter's job in Himanchal Pradesh, where assembly polls will be held later this month, are Shanta Kumar and Prem Kumar Dhumal. ...
... BJP in-charge of Himachal affairs, Satyapal Jain told PTI that the Party's Parliamentary Board would decide the issue at an "appropraiate time".
Describing Kumar and Dhumal as "two tall leaders of the party in the hill state", Jain said one among them would be the CM while another would go to Delhi on national duty. ...
