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  • Uttarakhand polls: BJP blames factionalism, inner sabotage for CM Pushkar Singh Dhami’s defeat

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    DEHRADUN: Factionalism within the celebration and inner sabotage are to be blamed for the defeat of Uttarakhand Leader Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami from Khatima seat within the contemporary Meeting elections, the BJP has concluded.

    The celebration had made up our minds to “introspect and analyse” the explanations in the back of its defeat on 23 seats within the state, together with Khatima. “The committee visited the constituency from the place the CM contested and misplaced by way of over 6,900 votes. Its contributors concluded that the CM misplaced because of inner sabotage. Additional inquiry shall be carried out to determine the folk accountable,” mentioned a celebration insider. 

    The celebration has additionally made up our minds to analyze the explanations for decreased vote proportion in comparison to 2017. BJP nationwide normal secretary BL Santosh is prone to seek advice from Uttarakhand quickly to carry conferences at the topic.

    The constituencies which can get particular consideration come with Khatima and Piran Kaliyar, the place the celebration candidate misplaced deposit, and different seats the place the margin of defeat used to be beneath 3,000. BJP resources mentioned the workout may result in hunting down of a few contributors who’re suspected to have helped the competitors. 

    Within the 2017 elections, the BJP had garnered 46.51 in keeping with cent votes with 57 seats whilst this time, it bagged 44.34 in keeping with cent votes and 47 seats. Regardless of Dhami’s loss, the Bharatiya Janata Birthday party’s central management made up our minds to retain him as CM after the celebration secured 48 seats within the 70-member Meeting, beating the rage of no celebration returning to energy for a 2d directly time period. Six MLAs of the celebration have proven willingness to vacate their seats for Dhami to contest.

    When Dhami used to be selected leader minister in July remaining 12 months, many seniors within the celebration together with Satpal Maharaj, Harak Singh Rawat, Yashpal Arya and Bishan Singh Chuphal had been reportedly unsatisfied.

    Birthday party believe in CM’s management

    Regardless of Pushkar Singh Dhami’s loss, the Bharatiya Janata Birthday party’s central management made up our minds to retain him as Uttarakhand CM after the celebration secured 48 seats within the 70-member Meeting, beating the rage of no celebration returning to energy for a 2d directly time period. 

  • Uttarakhand polls: Congress turncoats do smartly, daughters of two former CMs avenge defeat in their fathers

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    DEHRADUN: Two Congress turncoats emerged victorious whilst the daughters of 2 former leader ministers avenged the defeat in their fathers within the Uttarakhand meeting polls.

    Former Uttarakhand Congress president Kishore Upadhyay and previous pradesh mahila Congress president Sarita Arya received their respective seats of Tehri and Nainital.

    Sarita Arya defeated distinguished Dalit chief from Kumaon area Yashpal Arya’s son and sitting Congress MLA Sanjiv Arya from Nainital whilst Upadhyay defeated Dinesh Dhanai of the Congres through 951 votes from Tehri.

    Upadhyay had joined the BJP after he was once denied a price tag through the Congress.

    Despite the fact that Congress ballot marketing campaign head Harish Rawat himself misplaced from Lakuwa, his daughter Anupama Rawat received the Haridwar rural seat through defeating cupboard minister Yatishwaranand through 4,472 votes.

    Former leader minister and BJP chief Bhuvan Chandrda Khanduri’s daughter Ritu Khanduri Bhushan avenged her father’s humiliation in Kotdwar as she defeated Surendra Singh Negi of the Congress through 3,687 votes.

    Khanduri had misplaced from Kotdwar in 2012 and Harish Rawat from Haridwar rural in 2017 when the 2 stalwarts had contested from the seats as incumbent leader ministers.

    Then again, Harak Singh Rawat’s daughter-in-Legislation Anukriti Gusain Rawat misplaced to sitting MLA Daleep Singh Rawat of the BJP in Lansdowne through 9,868 votes.

  • Uttarakhand polls: ‘Shall be leader minister or take a seat at house’, says Congress chief Harish Rawat

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    DEHRADUN: A tussle has began inside the Uttarakhand Congress after former CM Harish Rawat stated that both he can be the state’s CM or would take a seat at house. “Both I will be able to be the CM or I will be able to take a seat at house,” Rawat had stated responding to queries associated with the chances of him being the CM if the Congress will get majority in the Meeting.

    Responding to Rawat, Pritam Singh, former state president of the celebration, stated the CM face shall be made up our minds via the top command. “As in line with custom, all MLAs of the celebration post their consent for an individual following which the central management approves it,” he stated. 

    Political analysts stated that the Congress must look ahead to the consequences as this sends out a message that celebration leaders are overconfident. Political analyst Yogesh Kumar stated: “Their leaders who sense a superb opportunity of the celebration securing a majority are environment their fielding upfront in order that they aren’t out of the sport.”

  • Uttarakhand polls: Opposition’s Motto is ‘Divide and Loot’, says PM Narendra Modi

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    DEHRADUN: High Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launching an assault at the opposition stated that the opposition events imagine in the primary of ‘divide everybody, loot in combination’. 

    The PM used to be addressing ‘Vijay Sankalp Sabha’ at in Almora. 

    The PM outlining the advance works carried out by way of the BJP citing initiatives price Rs 17,000 crores that have been inaugurated within the state stated that this decade belongs to Uttarakhand and advised folks to vote for the BJP.

    PM Modi including the central executive has proposed ‘Parvatmala Scheme’ to construct ropeways for hilly spaces stated that the BJP goverment within the heart and the state have just right intentions.

    “On this Union Funds, we have now proposed ‘Parvatmala Scheme’ to construct ropeways for hilly spaces. We will be able to construct fashionable roadways and shipping infrastructure within the state. This decade belongs to Uttarakhand, don’t let this chance move,” added the PM. 

    The PM additionally thanking the folk and appreciating the collection stated that the large turnout signifies that Uttarakhand has made up its thoughts about balloting as soon as once more for the “double engine” executive.

    Launching an assault on Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi the PM stated that now not a unmarried Congress chief is coming to Uttarakhand best the brother-sister (Rahul Gandhi-Priyanka Gandhi Vadra) duo are campaigning as a result of they do not need to save the rustic, they just need to save a circle of relatives (Gandhi circle of relatives).

    “Simplest the duo of brother and sister are available Uttarakhand barring some other senior chief from the grand outdated celebration. It is because they do not need to save the rustic, they only care about one circle of relatives. Lately, their very own leaders don’t need to be with the celebration. Then, how can they provide anything else to you?,” the PM stated. 

  • Congress family-centric birthday celebration, most effective BJP works for all sections of society: JP Nadda tells Uttarakhand electorate

    JP Nadda mentioned BJP works for all sections of society and appealed to other people to vote it again to energy in Uttarakhand for uninterrupted construction.

  • Uttarakhand polls: Congress manifesto filled with false guarantees, says BJP

    Via PTI

    DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand BJP on Wednesday mentioned the Congress manifesto launched by way of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra right here for the meeting polls within the state is filled with false guarantees.

    Describing the manifesto as a “pack of lies”, Uttarakhand BJP president Madan Kaushik mentioned the Congress has achieved precisely the other of what it has promised within the record whilst distributing tickets within the state for the elections.

    In spite of promising to offer 40 consistent with cent of tickets to ladies, the celebration cancelled the candidatures of a few ladies it had fielded, together with Dalit candidate Barkha Rani and Sandhya Dalakoti from Lalkuan, Kaushik alleged.

    “Priyanka Gandhi will have to first provide an explanation for this anomaly,” he added.

    Kaushik mentioned Chhattisgarh Leader Minister Bhupesh Baghel used to be right here just lately to announce that LPG costs might not be allowed to pass Rs 500 if the Congress used to be elected to energy.

    “He will have to first provide an explanation for why LPG cylinders are promoting for Rs 1,000 in his state,” the BJP chief mentioned.

    Former Rajasthan deputy leader minister Sachin Pilot comes right here and talks about unemployment, however the unemployment fee in his state is upper than Uttarakhand, Kaushik added.

    In Rajasthan, the velocity of unemployment is 20.3 consistent with cent, whilst it’s 5.6 consistent with cent in Uttarakhand, the BJP chief mentioned.

  • Uttarakhand polls: ‘You need to vote for excellent governance’, says Amit Shah in Rudraprayag

    By means of PTI

    DEHRADUN: Union House Minister Amit Shah on Friday held a door-to-door marketing campaign and addressed ballot conferences in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag district, interesting to other folks to deliver the BJP again to energy within the state to verify excellent governance for any other 5 years.

    Shah, who additionally presented prayers on the Rudranath temple, dispensed pamphlets record the paintings finished via the BJP govt throughout its tenure and what the birthday celebration plans to do throughout the following 5 years if it returns to energy. He additionally focused the former Congress dispensation, describing it as a central authority of corruption and scams.

    Addressing a meeting of ex-servicemen, Shah mentioned, “You gave your blessings to us in 2014 and 2019 via giving all of the 5 Lok Sabha seats to us. Then you definately gave us a large mandate in 2017, giving us 57 out of the 70 meeting seats. You’ve observed the paintings finished via us. You need to vote for excellent governance for any other 5 years in order that the massive tasks already underway are finished.”

    The minister mentioned that the warriors from Uttarakhand are protective the frontiers of the rustic from Ladakh to Kutch with nice valour and determination and they have got to turn the similar determination in protective democracy as smartly.

    Bringing up Chardham all-weather street, Rishikesh-Karnaprayag rail line, reconstruction of Kedarnath and Badrinath as primary infrastructure tasks on which really extensive growth has been made within the final 5 years, Shah mentioned an entire five-year tenure of Leader Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who has the blessings of the Narendra Modi govt on the Centre, will see their final touch.

    Dhami took over because the Uttarakhand leader minister in July final yr as his predecessor Tirath Singh Rawat resigned months after taking rate as the pinnacle of the state. Shah described the previous leader minister Harish Rawat-led Congress govt as a central authority of corruption and scams.

    He additionally challenged Rawat, who’s contesting from Lalkuan meeting constituency in Nainital district, to turn the infrastructure paintings finished throughout his tenure. The elections to the 70-member Uttarakhand Meeting will likely be hung on February 14.

    The counting of votes will likely be taken up on March 10.

  • Uttarakhand elections 2022: BJP fields ex-state Congress president Kishore Upadhyay from Tehri

    By way of PTI

    NEW DELHI: The BJP on Friday named Kishore Upadhyay, a former state Congress president who joined it on Thursday, as its candidate from Tehri meeting seat in Uttarakhand. The birthday party additionally fielded Brij Bhushan Gairola from Doiwala, from the place former Uttarakhand leader minister Trivendra Singh Rawat is the sitting MLA however has expressed his unwillingness to contest the ballot this time.

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    With the announcement, the BJP has now named all its applicants for the February 14 elections to the 70-member meeting. The BJP is in energy within the state.

    Unsatisfied with shrinking house for him within the Congress, Upadhyay had joined the BJP within the presence of Union Minister and the birthday party’s election in-charge for Uttarakhand Pralhad Joshi and Union Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt.

  • Retired Colonel Vijay, brother of overdue CDS Bipin Rawat, to not contest Uttarakhand Meeting polls

    By means of PTI

    DEHRADUN: Gen Bipin Rawat’s more youthful brother Col (retd) Vijay Rawat, who not too long ago joined the BJP, on Sunday stated he isn’t contesting the approaching meeting polls in Uttarakhand.

    Col Rawat stated he used to be requested by way of celebration leaders to contest however he stated no to them.

    Requested what in the event that they insist on fielding him, he stated 99 according to cent chances are high that that he would with courtesy refuse.

    “I’m really not contesting the polls. I’m handiest in serving the folks of Uttarakhand,” Col Rawat stated in an interview to PTI.

    Becoming a member of the BJP not up to a month forward of the state meeting polls had given upward thrust to hypothesis within the media that he could be given a price ticket by way of the celebration.

    “My goal at the back of becoming a member of the BJP used to be serving other people and now not protecting an place of job or a submit. All through my 34 years within the Military I used to be transferred to other puts. I did not get a possibility to serve other people of my very own state. Now that I’m retired I will be able to do this,” he stated.

    “I do not need to be tied as much as a submit. I need to serve other people freely,” he stated.

    Col Rawat, who lives in Jaipur after his retirement 5 years in the past, stated Uttarakhand’s tourism doable may also be utilised for producing employment for locals at their properties and prevent migration from the hills.

    “With a rising tendency amongst other people dwelling in city spaces to take a wreck and spend a vacation within the unpolluted surroundings of the hills, homestay amenities offered by way of the state executive have an enormous employment technology doable,” he stated.

    Yoga, trekking and different journey sports activities is some other space by which there are self-employment alternatives for locals in Uttarakhand, he stated.

    Col Rawat stated even CDS Rawat, who died in a helicopter crash, used to be very serving the folks of Uttarakhand from out of doors politics.

    “My elder brother had particular building plans able for various spaces of the state together with Almora and Ranikhet,” he stated, including he does not need to discuss him a lot as eager about his death makes him distraught.

    CDS Rawat and 13 others had been killed in a helicopter crash in Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on December 8 final 12 months.