Suspense continues on the choice of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the lone post of Rajya Sabha from Uttarakhand. With Opposition Congress deciding not to field its candidate, all eyes are now on the BJP central leadership for declaration of its candidate. The last date of the nomination for the RS elections is March 12 and it was expected that the party would announce its candidate for Uttarakhand on the day.
The declaration of names of many candidates by the central leadership of the party added credence to the belief that the name of candidate from Uttarakhand would be declared on Thursday.
The party’s central leadership however didn’t open its cards till late evening of Thursday deepening the suspense further.
Top leaders of the state unit of BJP are maintaining a stoic silence on the name of the candidate. The President of the state BJP Ajay Bhatt said on Thursday that the name of the candidate would be decided and declared by the central leadership of the party.
The names of former Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna, National Vice President and state incharge Shyam Jaju, National General Secretary Ram lal, President of state unit of Party Ajay Bhatt, National Spokesperson of BJP Anil Baluni, Son of National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, Shaurya Doval and former President of state BJP Teerath Singh Rawat are being listed as probable candidates by the party watchers.