The Uttarakhand Rajya Andolankari Karamchari Kalyan Parishad (URAKKP) has reconstituted its State working committee. The president of the Parishad, Yashwant Singh Rawat, informed newsmen here on Wednesday that URAKKP would actively work for the welfare of the statehood activists.
Rawat said that Vijay Uniyal was nominated for the post of senior vice-president while Sandeep Chaudhary, Sandeep Chamola, Mukesh Tiwari, Sanjay Tiwari, Ganesh Dangwal and Santan Rawat were nominated as vice-presidents. For the position of joint secretary, Ramesh Uniyal, Rajendra Dimri, Suresh Pandey and Jagmohan Singh were nominated by the Parishad.
The State general secretary, Jeetmani Painyuli, said that on November 2, 2014 the State convention of URAKKP was organised in which the president, general secretary, treasurer and media in-charge were elected and they were authorized to nominate other members of the committee. The president of URAKKP said that the Cabinet decision to reinstate horizontal reservation for statehood activists is a welcome step.