Dehradun, March 22
BJP candidates Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah and Tirath Singh Rawat filed their nominations on Friday from the Tehri and Pauri Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttarakhand, which goes to the polls in the first phase on April 11.
Shah, a two-time MP from the seat, filed her nominations before returning officer S A Murugesan here in the presence of Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, family members, party MLAs and Dehradun Mayor Sunil Uniyal Gama.
The Chief Minister, MLAs and party leaders accompanying her to the Collectorate in a jeep were wearing headbands with 'Main bhi chowkidar' written on them.
Bearing party flags and shouting slogans in support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP workers followed her in the form of a procession through the streets as she started from the BJP's city office to file her nominations. The party MLAs who accompanied her to the nomination centre included Harbans Kapoor, Ganesh Joshi, Umesh Sharma Kau and Vinod Chamoli. Her husband Manujendra Shah, daughter Shrija and son-in-law Kirti Shah were also with her.
Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, who is the daughter-in-law of the erstwhile Tehri royal family, first won the seat in a bypoll in 2012, defeating Congress's Saket Bahuguna, son of former CM Vijay Bahuguna. She won it again in 2014 against the same opponent. The party has renominated her from the seat for the third consecutive time.
Tirath Singh Rawat, a former MLA and minister who is contesting the elections for the first time, also filed his nominations from Pauri later in the day. After offering prayers at Pauri's Lakshmi Narayan temple, he left with the Chief Minister, party MLAs and leaders for the office of returning officer Dhiraj Garbyal to file nominations. Tirath Singh Rawat has been fielded by the BJP from Pauri in place of sitting MP BC Khanduri.
Rawat, who is considered a protege of Khanduri, is likely to battle it out with Khanduri's son Manish Khanduri, who recently joined the Congress at party president Rahul Gandhi's rally here. Though it has not yet been announced, Manish Khanduri's candidature from the seat is considered almost final.— PTI
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