Uttarakhand Harish Rawat to contest from Ramnagar Cong releases 2nd list
New Delhi Jan 24 PTI The Congress on Monday released its second list of 11 candidates for Uttarakhand assembly elections and fielded former chief minister Harish Rawat from the Ramnagar constituencyHarish Rawat who is the partys campaign head in the state had unsuccessfully contested from the Haridwar-Rural and Kichcha assembly seats in the 2017 pollsThe Congress also fielded Anukriti Gusain Rawat from the Lansdowne assembly seat She is the daughter-in-law of Harak Singh Rawat who returned to the Congress fold from the BJP on FridayThe party has so far not decided on the candidature of Harak Singh Rawat and is yet to announce candidates for six more seatsWith this the Congress has so far released its candidates for 64 candidates after the first list of 53 candidates was released on Saturday night Harak Singh Rawats insistence on a ticket for Anukriti from Lansdowne was said to have been the reason behind his estrangement with the BJP which finally led to his return to the Congress which he had quit in 2016 Other candidates to figure in the list are Suryakant Dhasmana from Dehradun Cantt seat Mohit Uniyal from Doiwala Jayendra Chand Ramola from Rishikesh Barkha Rani and Virendra Kumar Jati from reserved SC seats of Jwalapur and Jhabreda respectively Subhash Chaudhry from Khanpur Antriksh Saini from Laksar Sandhya Dalakoti from Lalkuan and Mahender Pal Singh from Kaladhungi Uttarakhand goes to polls in a single phase on February 14 to elect its 70-member assembly The results will be out on March 10 In its first list the party has fielded Uttarakhand Congress president Ganesh Godiyal from the Srinagar seat and Leader of Opposition in the outgoing assembly Pritam Singh from the Chakrata ST constituency Yashpal Arya a former Speaker in the state assembly who had recently joined the Congress after quitting the BJP has been fielded from his Bajpur-SC constituency Aryas son Sanjeev Arya has also been fielded from the Nainital SC assembly seat which he quit after resigning from the BJP along with his father Sumit Hridayesh the son of senior Congress leader Indira Hridayesh who died in June last year has been fielded from Haldwani assembly seat The Congress has also retained most of its sitting MLAs in its two lists announced so far PTI SKC ALM SMN SMN
New Delhi Jan 24 PTI The Congress on Monday released its second list of 11 candidates for Uttarakhand assembly elections and fielded former chief minister Harish Rawat from the Ramnagar constituencyHarish Rawat who is the partys campaign head in the state had unsuccessfully contested from the Haridwar-Rural and Kichcha assembly seats in the 2017 pollsThe Congress also fielded Anukriti Gusain Rawat from the Lansdowne assembly seat She is the daughter-in-law of Harak Singh Rawat who returned to the Congress fold from the BJP on FridayThe party has so far not decided on the candidature of Harak Singh Rawat and is yet to announce candidates for six more seatsWith this the Congress has so far released its candidates for 64 candidates after the first list of 53 candidates was released on Saturday night Harak Singh Rawats insistence on a ticket for Anukriti from Lansdowne was said to have been the reason behind his estrangement with the BJP which finally led to his return to the Congress which he had quit in 2016 Other candidates to figure in the list are Suryakant Dhasmana from Dehradun Cantt seat Mohit Uniyal from Doiwala Jayendra Chand Ramola from Rishikesh Barkha Rani and Virendra Kumar Jati from reserved SC seats of Jwalapur and Jhabreda respectively Subhash Chaudhry from Khanpur Antriksh Saini from Laksar Sandhya Dalakoti from Lalkuan and Mahender Pal Singh from Kaladhungi Uttarakhand goes to polls in a single phase on February 14 to elect its 70-member assembly The results will be out on March 10 In its first list the party has fielded Uttarakhand Congress president Ganesh Godiyal from the Srinagar seat and Leader of Opposition in the outgoing assembly Pritam Singh from the Chakrata ST constituency Yashpal Arya a former Speaker in the state assembly who had recently joined the Congress after quitting the BJP has been fielded from his Bajpur-SC constituency Aryas son Sanjeev Arya has also been fielded from the Nainital SC assembly seat which he quit after resigning from the BJP along with his father Sumit Hridayesh the son of senior Congress leader Indira Hridayesh who died in June last year has been fielded from Haldwani assembly seat The Congress has also retained most of its sitting MLAs in its two lists announced so far PTI SKC ALM SMN SMN
