Amidst large gathering of senior party leaders, BJP candidates from four parliamentary constituencies filed their nomination papers in their respective constituencies on Thursday. Apart from contesting candidates, senior party leaders also expressed confidence about the party's chances of winning from all the five constituencies in Uttarakhand. Among those candidates who filed their nomination papers were former Chief Ministers Maj Gen (Retd) BC Khanduri and Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank in Garhwal and Haridwar constituencies respectively, whereas Ajay Tamta has filed his nomination paper in Almora parliamentary constituency.
The BJP Tehri parliamentary constituency candidate Mala Rajya lakshmi Shah along with her supporters gathered at Mahanagar office in Dehradun on Thursday. BJP national secretary Trivendra Singh Rawat, MlAs Harbans Kapoor and Ganesh Joshi, Munna Singh Chauhan and dozens of activists took out rally and also shouted slogans in the favour of BJP and candidate.
After filing her nomination paper in front of returning officer at collectorate, Shah left no chance to corner Congress-led State Government for their callous attitude for not redressing the grievances of those villagers who faced the brunt of natural calamites, 10 months ago in the State.
After claiming that she took several steps for improving social and economical status of those villagers who are living in the mountainous areas of the state, Shah said that she will introduce more steps for improving basic amenities in the tough terrains of the state. Shah claimed that she will highlight the grievances of villagers to the parliament, if she is again voted to the power. It is noteworthy that Congress candidate and former Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna’s son Saket Bahuguna is also in the fray, who already tasted defeat in Tehri by-poll which was concluded in 2012.
Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and Garhwal candidate Maj Gen (Retd) BC Khanduri has also filed his nomination paper in the presence of BJP State Chief Tirath Singh Rawat and former MP Satpal Mahagraj in Pauri on Thursday. After expressing his concern for State Government’s lackadaisical approach for not taking concrete steps for rehabilitating villages who faced the brunt of natural calamities that played havoc in the state in the month of June, last year, Rawat claimed that the party’s candidates will comfortably win all five seats in the upcoming parliamentary elections. Accompanying with Haridwar MlA Madan Kaushik, Haridwar candidate, Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank also cornered the Congress-led State Government for not taking effective steps for reconstructing infrastructure that were damaged in 2013 flash flood after filing his nomination paper in Haridwar. In the presence of leader of Opposition in Vidhan Sabha, Ajay Bhatt, former BJP State chiefs Bishan Singh Chufal and Bachi Singh Rawat, Almora parliamentary candidate Ajay Tamta also filed his nomination paper and assured the gathering that he will take effective steps for redressing the grievances being faced by the villagers in his constituency.