Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], February 13 (ANI): The Congress veteran Harish Rawat and the BJP's youth bet Pushkar Singh Dhami will have their fingers crossed on Monday when Uttarakhand goes to poll for its 70 members' Assembly. Both the Congress and the BJP have battled political instability in the state in the last two decades after it was carved out of Uttar Pradesh.

Dehradun Jan 31 PTI All-India Congress Committee spokesperson Charan Singh Sapra on Monday accused the BJP governments at the Centre and in Uttarakhand of picking pockets of the poor to fill their coffers Giving a call to people to dislodge the BJP from power if they want to defeat inflation Sapra said prices of essential commodities like pulses and edible oil have risen like never before besides those of petrol diesel and LPG cylinders The Modi government follows the policy of making the poor poorer and the rich richer Sapra said at a press conference in Haldwani Wherever there are double-engine governments only the Ambanis and Adanis have benefitted he said accusing the BJP governments of picking pockets of the poor to fill their coffers The change of chief ministers by the BJP in Uttarakhand was a cover-up for their failures he said The BJP does nothing It only changes chief ministers or the names of places he said Talking about corruption he said Uttarakhand is the only state in the country where a Covid testing scam took place On February 14 when the state casts its vote the BJPs arrogance will be broken he said He also appealed to people of Haldwani to vote for Sumit Hridayesh the son of sitting Congress MLA from the seat and senior party leader Indira Hridayesh who died last year Former Rajasthan deputy CM Sachin pilot also held a door-to-door campaign in Paltan Bazar in Dehradun to drum up support for the party Campaigning is likely to pick up in Uttarakhand from February 2 when AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will release the partys manifesto here besides addressing a virtual rally PTI ALM RDK RDK