Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 10 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday appointed Karan Mahara as the president of Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee, as per the official statement of AICC.

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], March 8 (ANI): Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Ganesh Godiyal on Tuesday said that he is sure that the party is going to form the government in the state by winning about 45 seats.

Dehradun Feb 26 PTI The BJP here on Saturday demanded from the Congress a public apology for making viral a fake video purportedly showing tampering of postal ballots The video allegedly showed a man wearing a military uniform tampering with the postal ballots The Kumaon regiment in an official reply to the Election Commission has said that the video is not from any of the army units in Pithoragarh district Pradesh BJP media in-charge Manveer Chauhan said in a statement here The reply of the Kumaon regiment to the EC makes it clear that the Congress was insulting the armed forces by saying that the video was of some army unit he said Congress candidate from Didihat in Pithoragarh district had lodged a complaint with the police earlier suspecting that the video was of an army unit located in the constituency Senior Congress leader Harish Rawat was the first to share the video on his Twitter handle and Facebook A Congress delegation led by Pradesh Congress president Ganesh Godiyal had also formally urged the chief electoral officer Saujanya to examine the video The CEO had then sought a reply from the Pithoragarh District Magistrate on it after talking to officers at army units in the area PTI ALM VN VN

Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) [India], February 24 (ANI): The Election Commission of India on Wednesday took cognizance and directed Pithoragarh Police to register a case regarding a video posted on social media by Congress leader Harish Rawat that purportedly showed ballot tampering.

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], January 26 (ANI): Former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat on Wednesday said that there are 16 constituencies where the opposition parties are in strong position, adding that the party has decided to field senior party leaders for campaigning on those seats.

नई दिल्ली: आगामी विधानसभा चुनाव से पहले ही राजनीतिक दलों में हलचल तेज हो गई है। इस बीच पंजाब की सियासत में घमासान मचा हुई है। बताते चलें कि पंजाब में ये तय हुआ है कि एक परिवार से एक व्यक्ति को ही पार्टी टिकट देगी। इस पर बोलते हुए उत्तराखंड कांग्रेस प्रमुख गणेश गोडियाल […]

New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): Congress leader and former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat said on Friday that he will be the face of party's election campaign in Uttarakhand.

Dehradun Oct 21 PTI The Uttarakhand Congress on Thursday termed Union Home Minister Amit Shahs visit to the rain-ravaged state as disappointing and demanded an immediate relief package of Rs 10000 crore from the Centre for the affected people Shah conducted an aerial survey of Uttarakhands rain-ravaged areas to asses the damage that the state government has pegged at Rs 7000 crore The Home Minister did not announce any immediate relief package stating that a detailed estimate of the losses needs to be prepared first He said Uttarakhand was given Rs 250 crore nearly a month ago considering its vulnerability to natural disasters and that can take care of the relief and rescue measures currently underway The disaster-hit people of the state had expected the Home Minister to announce a relief package for them By announcing no package for them he has proved that he came just for the purpose of tourism Pradesh Congress Committee president Ganesh Godiyal said in a statement Accusing the BJP of being indifferent to the suffering of people in the hill state Godiyal said more than 60 people have lost their lives since October 17 while more than 400 villages await their relocation The Centre must immediately announce a package of Rs 10000 crore for the people of the state Godiyal added PTI ALM HDA

Dehradun Sept 27 PTI Congress on Monday burnt an effigy of BJP national general secretary Dushyant Kumar Gautam in protest against allegedly making objectionable remarks against the Gandhi family Congress workers gathered outside the party office here and burnt an effigy of the BJP leader in protest They also lodged a complaint at Paltan Bazar police station demanding action against Gautam Addressing a meeting of BJP Mahila Morcha here on Sunday Gautam had said Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi did not marry Hindus but members of their family publicly claim to be Hindus and janeu-wearing Brahmins Taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi the BJP leader said He should stop being a Pappu and understand the pulse of people Congress Mahanagar president Lalchand Sharma said We will not tolerate anything said against the Gandhi family We wont let the BJP design to divide the society succeed The BJP is a mean-minded party Its leaders remarks against the Gandhi family reflect its regressive mindset Pradesh Congress president Ganesh Godiyal said PTI ALM RAX RAX

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], September 8 (ANI): With Uttarakhand Assembly polls scheduled for early next year, the Congress has finalised the names of 38 candidates and assured tickets to all sitting legislators, informed Uttarakhand Congress chief Ganesh Godiyal on Wednesday.