On the last day of campaigning for the Bhagwanpur assembly by-polls, the Chief Minister Harish Rawat, Pradesh Congress Committee president Kishore Upadhyay, Rajya Sabha MP Raj Babbar and others campaigned for the Congress candidate Mamta Rakesh on Thursday.
The CM and PCC chief addressed public gatherings at Chudiyala and Hallu Majra eliciting support for the party candidate while Rajya Sabha MP Raj Babbar held road shows at Shahpur, Bhagwanpur Bazaar, Rohalki, Chudiyala, Manakpur, Bhalswagaj, Khanpur, Khepur, Mohitpur, Srichandi and other localities.
local party supporters on their vehicles also accompanied Babbar on his roadshows. The Congress candidate Mamta Rakesh her brother in-law Subodh Rakesh and other party leaders were also present in the road shows.
The party’s 2014 lok Sabha candidate from Haridwar and the CM’s wife Renuka Rawat toured the rural areas of the constituency seeking votes for the party candidate.
She sought votes for Mamta Rakesh citing the developmental works facilitated by the State Government and Mamta’s husband the late Surendra Rakesh in his position as the MlA and cabinet minister. Rajya Sabha MP Mahendra Singh Mahra and other party leaders led groups that campaigned in various parts of the constituency.
Speaking about the campaign, the PCC vice-president and the party’s Bhagwanpur Assembly by-polls in-charge Jot Singh Bisht averred that considering the response of the public to the Congress candidate, the BJP candidate would have to struggle against heavy odds in the by-polls.