Tag: Uttarakhand

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    “Simplest the duo of brother and sister are available Uttarakhand barring some other senior chief from the grand outdated celebration.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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.