Four candidates file nomination papers
Dehradun: Four candidates filed their nomination from Tehri lok Sabha seat on the third day of the nomination filing for lok Sabha election 2014, said Dehradun election officer and returning officer for Tehri parliamentary constituency Dr BVRC Purushottam on Wednesday. Four nomination papers were also purchased by the representatives of various political parties and independent candidates on Wednesday- Raju Maurya, Prem Singh, Kapil and Razia Beigh. A total of 30 nomination papers have been purchased so far. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Anoop Nautiyal, Rashtriya Uttarakhand Party candidate Navneet Gusain, Satendra Sharma of Naya Daur Party and independent candidate liyaqat Ali filed their nominations from Tehri constituency on Wednesday. A total of six candidates have filed their nomination from Tehri lok Sabha seat so far.
Complaint against baba Ramdev
Dehradun: The Congress State spokesman Dhirendra Pratap led a delegation which called upon Chief Election Commissioner of India, VS Sampath and complained about Yoga guru Baba Ramdev against the remarks on Congress president Sonia Gandhi and the entire Nehru-Gandhi family, in his Yoga programme. In the letter submitted to Sampath, Pratap stated, “We respect Ramdev as a Yoga Guru but strongly objected him for calling Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and other members of their family ‘thieves and robbers’ during his yoga programme broadcast daily on the television. This is a serious issue and action should be taken against him.”