Union Information and Broadcasting Minister along with 17 others filed their nomination papers on the fifth day for both Parliamentary and State Assembly by-polls in Himachal Pradesh to be held on June 1.
Thakur, 50, son of former two-time BJP Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal filed his nomination papers for Hamirpur Parliamentary constituency on the BJP ticket.
Varinder Singh Kanwar, 60, filed his papers as a covering candidate for Anurag Thakur. Jagdeep Kumar, 38, also filed his nomination from the Rashtriya Devbhoomi Party (RDP) for Hamirpur PC.
Congress candidate Vinod Sultanpuri, 42, and BJP candidate Suresh Kumar Kashyap, 53, filed their nomination papers for Shimla Parliamentary Constituency (PC).
Reena, 39, filed her nomination papers from the BJP for Shimla PC as a covering candidate.
For Kangra parliamentary constituency Rekha Rani, 41, filed her nomination papers from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), while Vijay Kumar, 60, also filed his papers from the BSP as a covering candidate.
Apart from this Sanjeev Guleria, 64, filed his nomination from All India Forward Bloc Party, while Kehar Singh, 53, filed his papers as an Independent candidate, both for Kangra PC.
For Sujanpur bye-polls Ravinder Singh Dogra, 47, filed his papers from Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
Rakesh Kalia, 55, filed his nomination papers from Gagret assembly segment from the INC, while Renu Kalia (47) also filed her nomination from the INC as covering candidate.
Two independent candidates Mohit Bagga (35) and Ashok Sounkhla (37) filed their papers for Gagret AC.
From Kutlehar bye-elections, Chanchal Singh (77) filed his nominations as an independent candidate, Manohar Lal (60) filed his nominations for Kutlehar by-polls as a candidate from the BJP.
Dr Ram Lal Markanda, 58, filed nomination papers for Lahaul-Spiti Bye-poll as an Independent candidate.
Meanwhile, no nominations were filed for Mandi PC and for Barsar and Dharamshala AC by-polls.