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

    Via Specific Information Provider

    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    “Simplest the duo of brother and sister are available Uttarakhand barring some other senior chief from the grand outdated celebration.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.

  • Upcoming Uttarakhand polls struggle between creators of state and the ones averse to it: Modi

    He accused the former Congress governments in Uttarakhand and on the Centre of no longer permitting building within the state because it was once “created towards the celebration's needs”.

  • Unhealthy climate: BJP cancels PM Narendra Modi’s digital rally in Uttarakhand

    Through PTI

    DEHRADUN: Top Minister Narendra Modi’s digital rally, which used to be scheduled to be held in Uttarakhand on Friday, used to be cancelled because of inclement climate, the BJP mentioned.

    The verdict to cancel the development used to be taken on the organisational degree after assessing the elements stipulations, the birthday party’s media in-charge for the state Manveer Singh Chauhan stated. Consistent with Uttarakhand BJP vice-president Devendra Bhasin, the development shall be rescheduled quickly.

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    When requested how inclement climate may be able to have an effect on a rally which the top minister used to be to deal with nearly, Bhasin stated preparations were made at 56 puts, throughout 14 Meeting segments of Almora Parliamentary constituency, to house 1,000 other people each and every.

    On the other hand, going forward with the development would have led to inconvenience to the collection, given the elements stipulations, he stated. Spaces in Uttarakhand above 3,000 metres were experiencing snow fall whilst the ones in decrease spaces are witnessing rains since Thursday morning.

    Meeting elections within the state shall be hung on February 14.

  • 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.

  • Uttarakhand elections: Following protest of senior chief, Congress adjustments Harish Rawat’s seat to Lalkuan

    By way of PTI

    NEW DELHI: Former Uttarakhand leader minister and Congress chief Harish Rawat will now contest the February 14 meeting elections from Lalkuan seat as a substitute of Ramnagar, which used to be introduced previous.

    The Congress modified Rawat’s seat within the 3rd record of 10 applicants introduced overdue on Wednesday.

    On this record, the birthday celebration modified the seats of 5 of its in the past nominated applicants.

    It additionally nominated Rawat’s daughter Anupama Rawat from the Haridwar rural meeting seat.

    He had unsuccessfully contested from the Kichcha and Haridwar rural meeting seats within the remaining meeting polls in 2017.

    Rawat replaces Sandhya Dalakoti for the Lalkuan seat, whilst Mahender Buddy Singh will now contest in Rawat’s position from Ramnagar meeting constituency.

    Singh used to be previous nominated by way of the birthday celebration to contest the Kaladhungi meeting seat, from the place the birthday celebration has now fielded Mahesh Sharma.

    The Congress additionally nominated Gaurav Chaudhary instead of Mohit Uniyal for the Doiwala meeting seat and Ravi Bahadur changed Barkha Rani for the Jwalapur-SC seat.

    The birthday celebration has nominated Yashpal Rana from Roorkee.

    Previous, Uttarakhand Congress operating president Ranjit Rawat has expressed displeasure of the Rawat from Nainital’s Ramnagar, a seat from the place he used to be hopeful of having the birthday celebration price tag.

    In a purported video that surfaced on social media, Ranjit Rawat is noticed wondering the birthday celebration’s transfer whilst not easy that Harish Rawat’s candidature be withdrawn.

    “Will you let anyone else (Harish Rawat) reap the harvest of a barren land which you made fertile,” he’s noticed asking birthday celebration staff within the video.

    “Any individual who needs to be made the birthday celebration’s face for the polls, claiming other folks would vote in his identify, would have had no drawback contesting from every other seat,” he stated.

    Terming the birthday celebration’s resolution ‘fallacious’, he asks the birthday celebration prime command to withdraw it.

    “If it does now not, then you make a decision what to do with anyone who regardless of having been leader minister does now not have a seat,” Rawat stated relating to Congress marketing campaign head Harish Rawat, who misplaced each the seats he contested within the 2017 Meeting polls.

    “I will be able to pass with no matter you make a decision. No selections will also be taken unilaterally in social and political existence,” Ranjit Rawat is heard announcing within the video.

    Even though Ranjit Rawat had misplaced the Ramnagar seat to the BJP candidate within the 2017 Meeting polls, he had labored exhausting within the constituency and used to be anticipating birthday celebration price tag from there this time.

    On the other hand, the Congress declared Harish Rawat as its candidate from the seat in its 2nd record on Monday, disappointing Ranjit Rawat.

  • 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.

  • Uttarakhand polls: Congress releases first listing of 53 applicants, Harak Singh Rawat misses the lower

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    DEHRADUN: Indian Nationwide Congress on Saturday overdue evening introduced the primary listing of applicants for 53 seats in Uttarakhand for upcoming meeting polls on February 14.

    The suspense stays at the seats of former Leader Minister and senior Congress chief Harish Rawat.

    The celebration has no longer denied price tag to any of its sitting MLAs. 

    The Congress had 11 MLAs of which Rajkumar from Purola meeting constituency joined the Bhartiya Janta Birthday celebration closing yr in September whilst Congress MLA from Haldwani and chief of opposition within the state legislative meeting Dr Indira Hridayesh died in June 2021. 

    Uttarakhand legislative meeting died in June closing yr restricting the numbers of Congress MLAs to 9.

    The 9 incumbent MLAs of the celebration who’ve been depended on once more to contest the elections from their respective constituencies come with the names of Manoj Rawat from Kedarnath, Pritam Singh from Chakrata, Mamta Rakesh from Bhagwanpur, Qazi Muhammad Nizamuddin from Manglaur, Mohammad Furqan Ahmed from Piran Kaliyar, Harish Singh Dhami from Dharchula, Karan Singh Mahra from Ranikhet, Govind Singh Kunjwal from Jageshwar and Adesh Singh Chauhan from Jaspur. 

    Within the first listing of 53, the celebration has given tickets to just 3 women- Godawari Thapli from Mussoorie seat, Mamta Rakesh from Bhagwanpur and Meena Sharma from Rudrapur. 

    Two Muslim applicants, each sitting MLAs from Haridwar district have additionally been fielded by way of the celebration.

    Balancing the caste equation the celebration has given tickets to twenty Thakur applicants who represent about 35% of the vote percentage within the state. 

    Bhuwan Chandra Kapri has been selected to problem Uttarakhand Leader Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami from his constituency Khatima.

    The listing comprises the names of state celebration president Ganesh Godiyal who’s fielded from Srinagar Meeting constituency, former speaker of the state meeting Govind Singh Kunjwal from Jageshwar seat, former state president of the celebration and at the moment protecting the placement of chief of opposition in celebration Pritam Singh from Chakrata seat amongst others.

    The grand previous celebration and in addition given price tag to Yashpal Arya and his son who left the BJP to enroll in the Congress closing yr.

    Yashpal Arya has been fielded from Bajpur constituency whilst his son has been entrusted by way of the celebration on Nainital seat. 

    Sumit Hridayesh, a member of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) and son of Indira Hridayesh, overdue chief of opposition has been fielded from Haldwani state meeting constituency by way of the celebration. 

    Birthday celebration resources instructed that the central management and shaped a two-member committee together with Mukul Wasnik, basic secretary of the AICC to finalize names on remainder of the 17 seats in subsequent two-three days. 

    Nominations for the 70 seats of the state have began on January 21, 2022. 

    Previous on January 20, the BJP introduced first listing of its applicants on 59 seats of Uttarakhand for upcoming elections of 70-member legislative meeting on February 14 denying tickets to ten sitting MLAs together with former CM’s daughter. 

    Overall 10 sitting MLAs had been denied tickets together with daughter of former Leader Minister Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri and sitting MLA from Yamkeshwar, Ritu Bhushan Khanduri and Raghunath Chauhan, sitting MLA from Almora and deputy speaker of the state meeting. 

    The listing has new names together with well-known Bollywood singer Jubin Nautiyal’s father Ramsharan Nautiyal from Chakrata meeting seat and spouse of Khanpur BJP MLA Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion’s spouse Kuwarani Devyani.

    Fresh defections give Congress main merit?

    The reinduction of Harak Singh Rawat and Yashpal Arya into the Congress is being observed as a big achieve for the celebration forward of the February 14 meeting polls in Uttarakhand.

    There used to be a dearth of giant faces within the Congress after the go out of distinguished leaders from the celebration following a rise up towards the Harish Rawat govt in 2016.

    Whilst Harak Singh Rawat, a distinguished chief from the Garhwal rejoined the celebration on Friday, Arya, a big SC chief from Kumaon department returned to the celebration in conjunction with his MLA son Sanjeev in October closing yr.

    Each Rawat and Arya are skilled leaders whose re-entry into the Congress comes as a big spice up for the celebration forward of the comping meeting polls.

    Rawat hasn’t ever misplaced in any of the 4 meeting polls held in Uttarakhand since its advent in 2000 even though he contested from 4 other seats.

    He has additionally held ministerial positions in each undivided Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

    Yashpal Arya who held key positions like that of the state meeting speaker, Pradesh Congress president and a minister below the manager ministership of each Vijay Bahuguna and Harish Rawat is in a position to enjoying a decisive function for the celebration on 12 SC seats within the state as he’s observed because the tallest Dalit chief within the state.

    The SC seats the place Yashpal Arya’s presence can shore up the Congress’ chances are high that Purola, Tharali, Ghansali, Rajpur Street, Jwalapur, Bhagwanpur, Pauri, Gangolihat, Bageshwar, Someshwar, Nainital and Bajpur.

    Arya had gained from Bajpur in 2017 on a BJP price tag with greater than 54,000 votes.

    With their go back to the celebration, it does no longer appear to be a wholly depleted aspect within the upcoming polls because it did in 2017 with maximum of its giant leaders decorating the ranks of BJP at the moment, political observers right here really feel.

    “Each leaders are seasoned politicians with a long time of enjoy. Their reinduction into the celebration will certainly brighten its possibilities additional,” Pradesh Congress basic secretary Mathura Dutt Joshi mentioned.

    (With PTI Inputs)