BJP candidate from Theog Assembly seat in Himachal: Rakesh Verma

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Theog Assembly seat for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections 2017 is Rakesh Verma. Three times legislature Rakesh Verma lost to Congress' Vidya Stokes by 4,276 votes in 2012 Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections.

Rakesh Verma had started his political career in 1993 as a BJP candidate and defeated Congress heavyweight Vidya Stokes with comfortable margin. He, however, lost the seat in 1998 to Stokes, but won in 2003 and 2007 as an independent candidate. Himachal Elections 2017 will be Verma's sixth assembly election.

According to myneta.info, Rakesh Verma is 55-years old and has stated his profession as an orchardist and builder.

He is a graduate and holds a BA (Hons) in English from IIP University. He also hold as LLB degree.

His assets are worth over Rs 10 crores and he has no criminal cases against him.

Theog is a town and a municipal committee in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh.

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