Uttarakhand: Announcement of date for by-election on Kedarnath assembly seat, voting on November 20 and counting on 23

By-election has been announced for Kedarnath assembly seat in Uttarakhand. After which the code of conduct has come into force. This seat was vacant after the death of Kedarnath MLA Shailarani Rawat. Now by-election is to be held for this seat. At the same time, all the political parties have geared up for the Kedarnath seat.

Both Congress and BJP are trying to create an atmosphere by entering the field for the Kedarnath by-election. While Congress took out ‘Kedarnath Bachao Yatra’ from Haridwar to Kedarnath, the BJP organization may not have been able to do anything special yet, but the way announcements are being made at the government level, it shows that the government is making the election to be held in Kedarnath a matter of prestige. One after the other announcements have been made by the government. Through which the government is trying to tell the public that if BJP wins, the Ganga of development will flow in the Kedarnath assembly constituency.

Kedarnath by-election is a question of both BJP’s credibility and prestige

This election has become a question of prestige and prestige for BJP. Because, the two by-elections held recently were very disappointing for BJP. BJP had to lose Mangalore and Badrinath assembly seats. After which BJP has now considered Kedarnath assembly by-election as a battle of its ego. BJP organization has put five ministers on duty along with BJP state general secretary Aditya Kothari for Kedarnath assembly elections.

Not only this, a large army of the organization will also reach the general public before and after the election in Kedarnath. BJP organization wants that the results that came in Badrinath elections should not be repeated in Kedarnath. State President Mahendra Bhatt says that the people of Kedarnath and entire Uttarakhand know how much work the BJP sitting in the state and the center has done for the reconstruction of Kedarnath and the entire surrounding area. The condition of Congress in Haryana will be the same in the Kedarnath assembly elections to be held in Uttarakhand. Our government is providing every facility in Kedarnath which is needed by the devotees coming here and the local citizens.

Every week something or the other for Kedarnath assembly

There is no doubt that the government’s focus is suddenly bigger on Kedarnath assembly constituency than the organization. Every week some announcement is being made by the government for the Kedarnath assembly constituency. On October 14 also, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced Rs 1389.75 lakh for various development works for the Kedarnath assembly constituency. With this amount, the construction of August Muni Chandrapuri road located in Kedar Valley and along with it a double line will be built on Gochar and Alaknanda river. This money released for different works is to be spent in Kedarnath assembly constituency.

A flurry of announcements after the death of the MLA

How important is this seat that has fallen vacant after the death of Shaila Rani Rawat? The 39 announcements made by the Chief Minister show that the state government wants to focus completely on this election. Among the announcements made by the Chief Minister so far, one announcement was made on October 14. Along with this, 14 new announcements were made for the Kedarnath region on October 7 and along with this, 25 more announcements were made by the Chief Minister just a day before, that is, by making more than 35 announcements within two days, the government has tried its best to woo the voters of the Kedarnath region.

Recent announcements

1. A two km road will be built from Nandabari to Dhanik in Mani Guha, connecting the government hospital.
2. A three km motor road will be built from Machkandi to Saur Bhootnarth (Agastyamuni) temple.
3. A motor road will be built from Baswada Jalai Kirdhu Gaur Kandar in the second phase.
4. Improvement and asphalting of Andhergarhi to Dhar Toli motor road will be done.
5. Improvement and asphalting of motor road from Ukhimath internal motor road to Kimada will be done.
6. Improvement and asphalting of Nahra-Kundaliy motor road from Tyung Band will be done.
7. Kalishila motor road will be constructed from Uniana via Kirmodi Pouldidwani.
8. Bridge will be constructed on Gondar Bandtoti Morkhanda river.
9. Remaining work of Kedarnath foot trekking route from Chaumasi to Kham Rekadhar will be done.
10. Vaswada Mohankhal motor road will be widened and asphalted.
11. Displacement of disaster affected Gram Sabha Kinjhani will be done.
12. Beautification work of Saraneshwar temple Silla Bamd village (Agastyamuni) will be done.
13. Playground will be constructed in Pathari Dhar (Agastyamuni).
14. Auditorium will be built in Agastyamuni R.P. College.

The announcement shows that the government does not want to give a chance to Congress at any cost

This announcement is only for the area where the voters reside. Meanwhile, the government has also made many announcements related to the Kedarnath temple route, in which a package was given by the Chief Minister for the construction and restoration work of the works and roads damaged in the recent heavy rains in the valley on 31 July, in which an amount of Rs 4836.63 lakh was released. 29 work plans of the Public Works Department and 12 work plans of the Irrigation Department were also approved. All these announcements show what kind of work the government wants to do in Kedarnath and how it wants to woo voters through these announcements.

BJP has many face

Apart from the announcements, both the parties are busy in finding their candidates. Let us tell you that till now BJP MLA from Kedarnath was Sheela Rani Rawat but after her demise BJP has to find a new face. BJP has many such faces who have already registered their presence in the elections here, which includes the names of former MLA Asha Nautiyal and late MLA Sheela Rani Rawat’s daughter Aishwarya Rawat as well as veterans like Kuldeep Rawat and Chandi Prasad Bhatt. For the last 15 days, BJP is trying to know in whose favor the atmosphere and the public are by conducting different surveys in this entire area. Who does Congress have to bet on

If we talk about Congress, then Congress is currently looking excited after winning two assembly elections held in Uttarakhand. Although there was a lot of disappointment with the results of Haryana, but looking at the current situation of Uttarakhand, Congress feels that the people will support them in Kedarnath. Congress had names like former MLA Manoj Rawat and Harak Singh Rawat, but after Harak Singh Rawat’s announcement of not contesting the elections, many local new faces are also included. However, both the parties have not yet clarified who the party will make their candidate. Immediately after the announcement of the election, both the parties will declare their respective candidates.

The election will be interesting

Let us tell you that Kedarnath assembly constituency is included in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand. The world famous Kedarnath temple also comes under this assembly constituency. In 1951, when Uttarakhand was in Uttar Pradesh, the first general election was held here. Generally, the history till now shows that the Bharatiya Janata Party has won the elections here the most number of times. It will be very interesting to see who will win the upcoming elections in this assembly constituency with about 92000 voters.