Uttarakhand: BJP busy in nomination preparations, tussle over two seats in Congress, will declare candidate today

After announcing candidates for five Lok Sabha seats, BJP has now started preparing for nomination. On the other hand, the fight is going on in Congress regarding tickets for Haridwar and Nainital Lok Sabha seats. The meeting of the Central Election Committee scheduled for Monday regarding candidates for both the seats was postponed.

Now there will be a meeting on Tuesday, in which the candidates for both the seats can be announced. Due to this, Congress is lagging behind in campaigning compared to BJP. BJP candidate Trivendra Singh Rawat has taken charge of the campaign from Haridwar parliamentary seat. On the other hand, Anil Baluni has also started campaigning for Garhwal parliamentary seat, but there is no consensus in Congress regarding the names of candidates for Haridwar and Nainital seats.

Mutual conflict due to many claimants

Due to mutual tussle, the Central Election Committee has kept the tickets on both the seats waiting. Former CM Harish Rawat is seeking ticket for his son Virendra Rawat from Haridwar seat, while Congress State President Karan Mahara is adamant on whether Harish Rawat himself should contest elections from here or he should be given a chance. There is a mutual tussle going on for the Nainital seat as there are many contenders.

From here the names of Yashpal Arya, Bhuvan Kapri, Mahendra Pal, Ranjit Rawat, Prakash Joshi are being discussed. Among these names, there is almost consensus on the name of Yashpal Arya, but Arya is said to be not interested in contesting the elections. However, a large section in the party is considering Arya as a strong candidate as per the caste equation of Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar seat.

Election preparations are going on by the party at the booth level in the entire state. The campaign is getting delayed due to candidates not being decided on two seats. Candidates for both the seats are likely to be declared on March 19. The workers will work diligently in the elections to ensure the victory of whoever the party high command gives the ticket to.

–Karan Mahara, Congress State President