Congress leaders have started focusing on different communities to elicit votes. The Chief Minister Harish Rawat tried to woo Brahmins at a Brahman Samaj programme in Haridwar to elicit support for his wife and Congress candidate from Haridwar parliamentary constituency, Renuka Rawat. On the other hand the Congress candidate from Tehri lok Sabha constituency, Saket Bahuguna met members of the Sikh community and members of the Muslim community in Dehradun on jumma (Friday) along with party leaders as part of his election campaign in Dehradun.
Speaking at the programme in Haridwar, Rawat extolled the role of Brahmins in society and welcomed them to the Congress. In Dehradun, Bahuguna met members of the Muslim community near Inamullah building on Gandhi Road along with Rajpur Road MlA Rajkumar, Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee vice-president Suryakant Dhasmana and other party leaders. Talking to the media, he said that the sitting Tehri MP Mala Rajya laxmi Shah had done little for the welfare of the constituency and its people so he was seeking the support of the members of all communities to beat her in the polls. The Congress candidate and party leaders later visited the Gurudwara at Kanwali Road and interacted with the members of the Sikh community.