Far from the popularity contest among politicians, first-time and veteran voters in Lucknow, Gonda and Ayodhya region point to the real issues which will determine their votes.
Express News Service
DEHRADUN: As Manish Sisodia on Monday flagged off 70 vans to Uttarakhand with five AAP workers each outlining the efforts of the party to make inroads in the hill state trends of over two decades suggest a bumpy ride full of obstacles ahead of them.
Political commentators, experts and those who participated in statehood movement of Uttarakhand say that the state tends to favour national parties over regional parties.
Avtar Singh Rawat (79), senior advocate from the Supreme Court and Uttarakhand High Court who participated actively in statehood agitation says, The people of Uttarakhand have a history of strong affiliation to the Centre. This may be because they do not think much of regional identity like Southern parts of our country. Though statehood agitation was one great movement with large public participation, people of Uttarakhand prefer more of an inclusive nationalist view than exclusive regionalism. Uttarakhand really can be referred to as