Ahead of the February 14 Uttarakhand election, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will on Saturday address three rallies in the hill state s Khatima, Haldwani, and Srinagar.The first rally in Khatima is in the home constituency of .
The Congress in Uttarakhand seems to have the upper hand with BJP leaders joining the party in the state and now, the party leaders are cautiously claiming stake for the top post. The Congress has appointed Harish Rawat as chairman of the campaign committee and he is spearheading the campaign. He is seen as the natural claimant for the top post if the party comes to power but
The Congress in Uttarakhand seems to have the upper hand with BJP leaders joining the party in the state and now the party leaders are cautious and claiming stake for the top post
CM Rawat may contest bypoll from Gangotri
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Rawat may contest from the Gangotri seat, although the matter has yet to be finalised, said those in the know. Several MLAs have offered to vacate their seats for the CM, they said.
Meanwhile, on Thursday, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) named a popular face, Colonel (retired) Ajay Kothiyal, as its candidate for the Gangotri seat, which has been lying vacant since the death of the BJP’s Gopal Singh Rawat.
Uttarakhand chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat met the BJP’s national president JP Nadda in Delhi on Wednesday night and discussed the seat from where he could contest the byelection to enter the state assembly, said people aware of the matter.
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