Anup Nautiyal, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate from Tehri lok Sabha constituency, filed his nomination paper here on Wednesday. Nautiyal led with hundreds of the AAP activists marched on foot from his election office near Bindal Bridge on Saharanpur road to the Collectorate.
Nautiyal accompanied by former Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand SK Das and AAP leaders Kamla Pant, Samir Mundepi, Ranveer Choudhary and AS Rana presented his nomination papers before the Returning Officer BVRC Purushottam. After filling his nomination paper Nautiyal told the media persons that he is witnessing a strong resentment in the public against both BJP and congress and the people are finding a ray of hope in AAP.
He said that his party has released the state election manifesto for Uttarakhand and he will soon come out with a manifesto of AAP for Tehri lok Sabha constituency which will deal with specific issues of the area. The former Chief Secretary Das said that Nautiyal is highly educated, dedicated and the best candidate to represent the people of Tehri lok Sabha constituency. He said that he will openly support and campaign for Anup Nautiyal.
The AAP supporters started gathering at the election office of Nautiyal from early morning, addressing the gathering the AAP candidate launched a scathing attack on BJP and congress for involving in an open loot of State’s resources. Nautiyal said that corruption is deep rooted in both the BJP and Congress and the regime of both these parties was tainted by scams, the list of these scams is very long, he claimed.