Uttarakhand Rajya Nirman Andolankari Samman Parishad vice-chairman Dhirendra Pratap said that the Uttarakhand PCC chief Kishore Upadhyaya left for Haldwani on Sunday to attend a meet to be held for reviewing the party’s membership campaign in the Kumaon region. Disclosing this Pratap said that the Congress had already started its election campaign for 2017 Assembly elections and expressed confidence about the chances of the party being elected to power then under the leadership of Chief Minister Harish Rawat. Pratap further informed that the CM had granted Rs2.50 lakh assistance for the ailing Uttarakhand Statehood movement leader Puran Singh Dangwal. The State government would ensure assistance and honour to the statehood activists, averred Pratap.