Uttarakhand Kranti Dal releases first list of 16 candidates; second list to follow soon

Stepping up its preparations for the upcoming assembly elections, the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) has released its first list of candidates for 16 assembly constituencies. The party has urged all its candidates to conduct door-to-door outreach in their respective constituencies to apprise voters of the party’s agenda. The UKD will soon release a second list of candidates.

During a press conference held at the Press Club on Saturday, the party’s central president, Surendra Kukreti, announced the names of the candidates. The list includes Kashi Singh Airy from Pithoragarh, Pushpesh Tripathi from Dwarahat, Puran Singh Kathait from Devprayag, Pankaj Vyas from Pratapnagar, Ashish Negi from Karnaprayag, Dinesh Kunjwal from Jageshwar, and Dev Chand Uttarakhandi from Rajpur (Scheduled Caste).

Additionally, the party has fielded Pratap Singh from Salt, D.D. Pant from Tehri Garhwal, Varun Chandola from Kapkot, Pradeep Chand from Kashipur, Kailash Singh Pangti from Nanakmatta (Scheduled Tribe), Bhuvan Chandra from Ramnagar, Rajendra Singh Negi from Dehradun Cantt, Ritu Kandiyal Juyal from Khanpur, and Chandan Singh Rana from Dhanolti.

Kukreti stated that the candidates were selected based on their loyalty, dedication, commitment to public issues, and their history of struggle for the interests of Uttarakhand. He added that a second list would be released shortly.