Tag: Uttarakhand Congress

  • Ex-Uttarakhand Congress leader’s son resigns from PCC, says senior chief must be accommodated

    Via PTI

    DEHRADUN: Former Uttarakhand Congress president Pritam Singh’s son Abhishek Singh has resigned as a member of the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC), pronouncing a number of senior birthday celebration staff with a mass make stronger base have been disregarded of it within the fresh rejig.

    In his letter to the state Congress president on Monday, Abhishek Singh demanded {that a} senior chief must be accommodated as a substitute, however stated he’s going to proceed to serve the birthday celebration.

    The brand new listing of PCC individuals were issued via the birthday celebration simply a few days in the past.

    Although he expressed his gratitude to the birthday celebration management for giving him a spot within the committee, Singh stated there’s resentment amongst senior and hardworking birthday celebration staff for being disregarded of the listing.

    “The Congress must be more potent to beef up the fingers of Sonia ji and Rahul ji,” he stated.

    Alternatively, Abhishek Singh stated like his grandfather Gulab Singh and father Pritam Singh, he would proceed to paintings for the Congress.

    Pritam Singh, who represents Chakrata seat within the Meeting, used to be the PCC president from 2017-2021.

    He used to be additionally made the Chief of Opposition within the Area after the loss of life of Indira Hridayesh.

    DEHRADUN: Former Uttarakhand Congress president Pritam Singh’s son Abhishek Singh has resigned as a member of the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC), pronouncing a number of senior birthday celebration staff with a mass make stronger base have been disregarded of it within the fresh rejig.

    In his letter to the state Congress president on Monday, Abhishek Singh demanded {that a} senior chief must be accommodated as a substitute, however stated he’s going to proceed to serve the birthday celebration.

    The brand new listing of PCC individuals were issued via the birthday celebration simply a few days in the past.

    Although he expressed his gratitude to the birthday celebration management for giving him a spot within the committee, Singh stated there’s resentment amongst senior and hardworking birthday celebration staff for being disregarded of the listing.

    “The Congress must be more potent to beef up the fingers of Sonia ji and Rahul ji,” he stated.

    Alternatively, Abhishek Singh stated like his grandfather Gulab Singh and father Pritam Singh, he would proceed to paintings for the Congress.

    Pritam Singh, who represents Chakrata seat within the Meeting, used to be the PCC president from 2017-2021.

    He used to be additionally made the Chief of Opposition within the Area after the loss of life of Indira Hridayesh.

  • 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.