Uttarakhand: Prakash Joshi is considered close to Rahul Gandhi, will compete with Ajay Bhatt on Nainital Lok Sabha seat

After several days of tussle, Congress has announced its candidates for two seats in Uttarakhand. Nainital has made Prakash Joshi its candidate from Udham Singh Nagar parliamentary constituency, while from Haridwar it has given ticket to Virendra Rawat, son of former Chief Minister Harish Rawat. Prakash Joshi, candidate from Nainital seat, is considered close to Rahul Gandhi. On whom Congress has expressed confidence this time. Congress candidate Prakash Joshi will face BJP’s Ajay Bhatt.

Prakash Joshi is considered close to Rahul Gandhi

Let us tell you that Congress youth leader Prakash Joshi, a resident of Haldwani and resident of Kaladhungi assembly constituency, is considered close to Rahul Gandhi. He is seen as a member of Rahul Gandhi’s team. Prakash Joshi has held many posts in the All India Congress Committee (AICC), but in the year 2019, the All India Congress Committee removed him from the post of National Secretary, since then Prakash Joshi did not hold any post in the Congress.

Contested assembly elections twice, lost to Banshidhar Bhagat both times

Prakash Joshi has lost the assembly elections twice on Congress ticket from Kaladhungi assembly constituency of Nainital district. Prakash Joshi, who had contested the assembly elections from Kaladhungi assembly constituency in 2012 and 2017, had to lose both times at the hands of BJP’s Banshidhar Bhagat. Along with this, in the last assembly elections, Prakash Joshi was in the news for a long time due to differences with some big leaders of the state Congress.

If you did not get a place in the party, it was said that your height would decrease

On one hand, when Prakash Joshi did not get any place in the central leadership of Congress, the Congressmen were seeing it as his decreasing stature in the party, while some people were talking about Prakash Joshi getting some new responsibility. In such a situation, the Congress high command has once again expressed confidence in Prakash Joshi by giving him ticket from Nainital Udham Singh Nagar Lok Sabha seat.