With the rise in temperature, the election fever is also gaining momentum as the date (28 April) of civic polls is fast approaching. The Uttarakhand state will witness the fights among well-known and lesser known candidates of various political parties that are trying their luck for six municipal corporations, 28 municipal boards and 35 nagar panchayats seats.
With eyeing on most-awaited 2014 Lok Sabha elections, political stalwarts are not taking this civic poll lightly. This civic polls result will decide the future of many political bigwigs in the next year Lok Sabha elections. The major contest is between arch rival Congress and BJP. Current chief minister of state Vijay Bahuguna, Union minister Harish Rawat,
Former CMs Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’. Major General Khanduri, recently elected Tehri MP Mala Rajyalakshmi Shah, senior minister Dinesh Aggarwal, former minister Hira Singh Bisht are leaving no stone unturned to turn voters in their favour.
But the hot question among parties is who will replace Mayor Vinod Chamoli? Will BJP candidate Chamoli will repeat the history by defeating all his rival candidates? Congress candidate Suryakant Dasmana can give tough fight to Chamoli. Apart from this, BSP candidate Rajni Rawat can emerge as dark horse in the race for mayor post. In the last mayoral election, Vinod Chamoli emerged as winner while Rajni Rawat captured the second post by winning more than 40,000 votes. Commenting on the future of Suryakant Dasmana for mayor post, former chairman of Uttarakhand Andolankari Parishad Ravindra Jugran said that he(Dasmana) will not win at any cost as he got bad name during his role of firing at Uttarakhand Andolkari in the early 1990s.
In the wake of civic polls campaigning, allegations and counter-allegations are catching the headlines in local newspapers. BJP state chief Tirath Singh Rawat criticised the ruling Congress party on several grounds. He said that Congress party is responsible for the deplorable condition of hilly people as they are denied basic necessities of life like drinking water, electricity and proper roads.
With eyeing on most-awaited 2014 Lok Sabha elections, political stalwarts are not taking this civic poll lightly. This civic polls result will decide the future of many political bigwigs in the next year Lok Sabha elections. The major contest is between arch rival Congress and BJP. Current chief minister of state Vijay Bahuguna, Union minister Harish Rawat,
Former CMs Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’. Major General Khanduri, recently elected Tehri MP Mala Rajyalakshmi Shah, senior minister Dinesh Aggarwal, former minister Hira Singh Bisht are leaving no stone unturned to turn voters in their favour.
But the hot question among parties is who will replace Mayor Vinod Chamoli? Will BJP candidate Chamoli will repeat the history by defeating all his rival candidates? Congress candidate Suryakant Dasmana can give tough fight to Chamoli. Apart from this, BSP candidate Rajni Rawat can emerge as dark horse in the race for mayor post. In the last mayoral election, Vinod Chamoli emerged as winner while Rajni Rawat captured the second post by winning more than 40,000 votes. Commenting on the future of Suryakant Dasmana for mayor post, former chairman of Uttarakhand Andolankari Parishad Ravindra Jugran said that he(Dasmana) will not win at any cost as he got bad name during his role of firing at Uttarakhand Andolkari in the early 1990s.
In the wake of civic polls campaigning, allegations and counter-allegations are catching the headlines in local newspapers. BJP state chief Tirath Singh Rawat criticised the ruling Congress party on several grounds. He said that Congress party is responsible for the deplorable condition of hilly people as they are denied basic necessities of life like drinking water, electricity and proper roads.