Dehradun, March 24
The Congress has announced candidates for all the five Lok Sabha seats in Uttarakhand.
The party has fielded Congress general secretary Harish Rawat from Nainital, former MLA Ambrish Kumar from Haridwar, former Chief Minister BC Khanduri’s son Manish Khanduri from Pauri, state Congress president Pritam Singh from Tehri and Rajya Sabha member Pradeep Tamta from Almora.
“The Congress central election committee cleared names of all the candidates,” Suryakant Dhasmana, the state party vice president, said on Saturday.
The BJP had declared its candidates on Thursday.
The last day for filing nominations is Monday.
Electioneering gains momentum
With the BJP and Congress announcing their candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Uttarakhand, electioneering on Sunday picked up momentum.
The process of filing nomination papers ends on Monday.
Both the parties placed orders for election materials that would be distributed to candidates in a day or two.
So far, only two candidates of the ruling BJP — Maharani Rajya Lakshmi Shah (Tehri) and Tirath Singh Rawat (Pauri) — have filed their nomination papers.
Its other three candidates, Ajay Bhatt from Nainital, Ajay Tamta from Almora and Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank from Haridwar, will do so on Monday.
The party has prepared a list of 40 star campaigners which includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah and Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat.
“Roadshows, election rallies and other campaigns have started. We have already defeated the Congress on this,” claimed a BJP leader.
Taking a lead over the Congress, candidates from the BJP started campaigning from their areas after their candidature was announced on Thursday.
Former Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and BJP candidate from Pauri Tirath Singh Rawat had organised a series of road shows since Friday. Rawat filed his nomination on Friday.
On Saturday, most Congress candidates reached their constituencies. Manish Khanduri started his campaign on social media even before his name was officially announced on Saturday night.
“All our candidates are now busy preparing for the elections. We have started campainging,” said Vijay Sarswat, a state party spokesman.
Saraswat said the party had invited Congress president Rahul Gandhi and General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi to campaign in the state. — IANS
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