The BJP candidates will file their nomination papers for all five lok Sabha seats in Uttarakhand on April 12 and April 17, a senior party said on Thursday.
While Bhagat Singh Koshiyari will file his nomination from Rudrapur for the Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar parliamentary constituency on April 12, other party candidates will file their nomination papers from their respective lok Sabha seats on April 17, said State co-media convener Suresh Tiwari. As per the nomination schedule, party candidate for Haridwar lok Sabha seat Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank will file his papers from Haridwar on April 17, and BC Khanduri, will file his nomination papers from Pauri on the same day i.e. April 17, added Tiwari.
On the other hand, party’s candidate from Tehari lok Sabha seat, Rajya lakshmi Shah, will file her nomination papers from Dehradun on the same day i.e. April 17, he further said. Similarly, BJP candidate from Almora- Piothoragarh lok Sabha seat Ajay Tamta will file his nomination papers from Almora on April 17.
Meanwhile, BJP MlA from Kaladhungi and party’s convener for the Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar parliamentary constituency Banshidhar Bhagat has exhorted the party workers to be present in large number on the occasion of filing of nomination by Koshiyari from Rudrapur on April 12.
Party candidate from the Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar parliamentary constituency Koshiyari will also address a public rally in Rudrapur on Saturday, April 12, added Bhagat.