Uttarakhand : CM Dhami will contest the election from Khatima

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami announced on Saturday that he would contest from Khatima assembly seat in the upcoming assembly elections. Along with this, Pushkar Singh Dhami also announced the slogan of BJP for Uttarakhand elections. Khatima assembly seat comes under Udham Singh district of the state.

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said, “The meeting of the State Election Committee is over. We are confident of our victory. Our slogan is ‘Abki Baar 60 Paar’. There is great enthusiasm among all our workers and leaders. I will contest from Khatima. We will go to Delhi tomorrow, there is a meeting there.

I will contest the election from the Khatima constituency. We all are together and ready to contest polls. This time, we have given a slogan 'Abki Baar 60 Paar'. The candidates' list will be announced soon: Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami after the BJP Core Committee meeting pic.twitter.com/mXdUixAYKL

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Pushkar Singh Dhami will contest from Khatima for the third time
In Udham Singh Nagar district, there are 9 assembly seats including Khatima and 7 out of 9 seats are currently occupied by BJP. Chief Minister Dhami is contesting from Khatima assembly seat for the third time. He had earlier won elections from here in 2012 and 2017. The number of voters in Khatima assembly constituency is 1,19,980 and it is the lowest electorate in the district.

Now it will be a matter to be seen whether this time also the people tie their heads of victory to the BJP or this time the people have made up their mind to change the government in the state. A decision on this will be taken on March 10 with the results of the elections.