U'khand Polls: Congress Announces 11 More Candidates, Ex-CM Harish Rawat To Contest From Ramnagar

The Uttarakhand Congress on Monday launched a poll campaign, "Char Dham, Char Kam", making four promises to people of the state if it comes to power in next month's Assembly polls.

New Delhi: Congress on Monday released its second list of 11 candidates for the upcoming Uttarakhand assembly election. The party has fielded Harish Rawat from the Ramnagar assembly seat. Anukriti Gusain Rawat, the daughter-in-law of Harak Singh Rawat, will contest from Lansdowne.

In the 2017 election, Harish Rawat had contested from two assembly seats and lost both. The former chief minister has a childhood connection with Ramnagar as it is his paternal place.

Meanwhile, among the 11 candidates, there are three women. As previously mentioned, the party fielded Anukriti Gusian Rawat, the daughter-in-law of Harak Singh Rawat from the Landsdowne seat. Harak Singh Rawat had rejoined the Congress party after leaving BJP.

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Congress has fielded Suryakant Dhasmana from Dehradun Cantt and Mohit Uniyal from the Doiwala constituency. Jayendra Chand Ramola has got the ticket from Rishikesh.

Subhash Chaudhary will contest from Khanpur and Dr Antriksh Saini from Laksar.

Jwalapur and Jhabrera, the seats that are reserved for the SC candidates, have Congress fielding Barkha Rani and Virender Kumar Jati respectively.

Sandhya Dalakoti and Mahendra Pal Singh will contest from Lalkuwa and Kaladhungi constituencies.

Congress Launches "Char Dham, Char Kam" Campaign

Earlier in the day, Uttarakhand Congress on Monday launched a poll campaign titled "Char Dham, Char Kam", making four promises to people of the state if it comes to power in next month's assembly election.

The promises included Rs 40,000 per annum to five lakh families in the state and not letting the LPG cylinder price cross Rs 500, news agency PTI reported.

Launching the poll campaign in the presence of Congress campaign head Harish Rawat, Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel said the four promises are being made as price rise and unemployment are at their peak while the poor are getting poorer and the rich becoming richer under the present government at the Centre.

Bhupesh Baghel alleged that the present government's policies were aimed at bringing more prosperity to industrialists at the expense of the poor. He promised Congress will not allow the LPG cylinder price to cross Rs 500 if it comes to power in Uttarakhand.

To tackle the problem of unemployment, the state Congress has decided to pay Rs 40,000 per annum to five lakh families of the state so that they could lead a life of dignity, he said.

Apart from this, four lakh people will be given jobs and medical services will be taken to people's doorsteps with the help of drones considering the uneven topography of the state, Bhupesh Baghel added.

Polling in Uttarakhand will take place in a single phase on February 14 and the counting of votes will be on March 10.

(With Inputs From Agencies)