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  • 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

    Specific Information Carrier

    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)

  • BJP drops 10 MLAs from first checklist of applicants for Uttarakhand polls

    Through PTI

    DEHRADUN: The BJP introduced its first checklist of 59 applicants for the February 14 Uttarakhand Meeting polls on Thursday, shedding 10 MLAs together with rape accused Mahesh Negi and previous leader minister Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri’s daughter Ritu Khanduri, whilst reposing self assurance in new faces.

    The ruling celebration has now not introduced its applicants for the 11 last seats, maximum of which can be within the Congress’s kitty.

    A choice on a few of these seats may just now not be taken because of the modified political instances within the state, resources mentioned.

    Leader Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami will contest from Khatima and state BJP leader Madan Kaushik from Haridwar, as within the ultimate Meeting polls, whilst many of the cupboard ministers and MLAs were fielded from the seats they cling.

    Then again, the BJP has dropped Dwarahat MLA Mahesh Negi from his seat as he had led to embarrassment to the celebration when a girl accused him of rape, the resources mentioned.

    He has been changed via Anil Shahi.

    Yamkeshwar MLA Ritu Khanduri has additionally been dropped and Renu Bisht fielded from the seat.

    Different MLAs who didn’t get a celebration price ticket are Munni Devi from Tharali, Surendra Singh Negi from Karnaprayag, Kunwar Pranav Singh “Champion” from Khanpur, Mukesh Singh Koli from Pauri, Meena Gangola from Gangolihat, Balwant Singh Bhauryal from Kapkot and Raghunath Singh Chauhan from Almora.

    Kashipur MLA Harbhajan Singh Cheema has additionally been changed along with his son Trilok Singh Cheema.

    Through shedding arguable legislators like Pranav Singh “Champion” and Mahesh Negi, the celebration has given a transparent message that indiscipline is probably not tolerated, the resources mentioned, including that under-performance may additionally were a reason why in the back of shedding a couple of others from the checklist.

    Then again, fielding many of the cupboard ministers and MLAs from their provide seats additionally displays the celebration’s self assurance within the paintings it has finished over the past 5 years, they mentioned.

    Unbiased MLAs Pritam Singh Panwar and Ram Singh Kaira, who joined the Bharatiya Janata Birthday party (BJP) ultimate yr, were fielded from Dhanolti and Bhimtal respectively.

    Sarita Arya, who defected from the Congress to the BJP simply a few days in the past, has additionally been fielded from Nainital.

    Purola MLA Rajkumar, who joined the saffron celebration ultimate yr, didn’t get a price ticket from the seat as he has been changed via Durgeshwar Lal, who joined the celebration on Thursday.

    The ruling celebration has fielded Savita Kapoor, the spouse of eight-time MLA from the Cantonment house overdue Harbans Kapoor, from the seat, whilst it has gambled on Suresh Chauhan in Gangotri.

    Gopal Singh Rawat, the MLA from Gangotri, died ultimate yr.

    Spouse of Kunwar Pranav Singh “Champion” Kunwarani Devyani has been fielded from her husband’s seat, Khanpur.

    Kailash Sharma has been fielded from Almora in position Raghunath Singh Chauhan, who represents the seat within the Meeting.

    The BJP’s first checklist of nominees comprises six ladies, which is 10 in keeping with cent of the overall choice of applicants.

    State BJP vice-president Devendra Bhasin mentioned the checklist could be very balanced and the celebration will simply succeed in its goal of successful greater than 60 seats because of the “winnability” issue of the applicants.

    The 70-member Uttarakhand Meeting will pass to polls on February 14 and the counting of votes shall be taken up on March 10.

  • Congress appoints Mohan Prakash as its senior observer for Uttarakhand polls

    Through PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday appointed senior birthday celebration chief Mohan Prakash as observer for overseeing its election marketing campaign control in Uttarakhand.

    Prakash, a former basic secretary of the AICC, will discharge his tasks in shut coordination with the AICC in-charge for Uttarakhand Devendra Yadav.

    “Congress president has appointed Mohan Prakash as AICC senior observer to Uttarakhand for overseeing Election marketing campaign control and coordination with instant impact,” an authentic birthday celebration order stated.

    Uttarakhand is going to polls in one segment on February 14 and the consequences will probably be out on March 10.