Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections 2017 - Star candidate – Rajesh Kashyap

Rajesh Kashyap is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Solan in the Himachal Pradesh 2017 Assembly elections. Kashyap is contesting the election against none other than his father-in-law Dhani Ram Shandil, who is the incumbent MLA on a Congress ticket.

Kashyap’s brother, Virendra Kashyap, is also a BJP leader, currently a Member of Parliament from Shimla Lok Sabha seat.

The leader recently took voluntary retirement from government service to contest the Assembly elections on a BJP ticket.

It will certainly be a tough contest for Kashyap against his father-in-law, as the latter is a sitting MLA and a minister in the state cabinet. However, anti-incumbency may even benefit the BJP leader.