Bageshwar (Uttarakhand) [India], September 4 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday offered prayers at Bagnath Temple, Bageshwar.
Kotdwar (Uttarakhand) [India], February 9 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party chief Jagat Prakash Nadda on Wednesday slammed the Congress party for its dynastic rule and said that Congress has shrunk down to a mere "brother-sister party'"
Dehradun Jan 26 PTI The BJP on Wednesday announced its second list with nine candidates for Uttarakhand assembly polls fielding former state chief minister BC Khanduris daughter Ritu Bhushan Khanduri from Kotdwar Khanduri the sitting MLA from Yamkeshwar was not part of the partys first list which carried the names of 59 candidates With the latest list the BJP has announced candidates for 68 out of a total of 70 assembly seats in the state The two seats for which the party is yet to announce its candidates are Doiwala and Tehri Doiwala was won by former chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat in 2017 Rawat had recently written to party president JP Nadda expressing his unwillingness to contest the polls so he could focus on working for the partys second consecutive victory at the hustings on February 14 The party is looking for a suitable candidate for Tehri which is also held by a BJP MLA PTI ALM VN VN
New Delhi Jan 26 PTI The BJP on Wednesday named nine more candidates for the Uttarakhand assembly polls fielding former chief minister B S Khanduris daughter Ritu Bhushan Khanduri from Kotdwar constituency which was won in 2017 by Harak Singh Rawat now in the Congress Khanduris name was not in the first list of 59 candidates fuelling speculation that the BJP may not give her ticket as the party named another leader from Yamkeshwar the seat she had won in the last polls With the second list the party has named its candidates for 68 of the total 70 seats The two constituencies for which the BJP is yet to name candidates include Doiwala whose incumbent MLA and former chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has expressed his unwillingness to fight these polls PTI KR ZMN