The Congress leaders here plan to make the party’s Tehri parliamentary constituency’s candidate, Saket Bahuguna’s, filing of nomination a historic event.A meet was chaired by the Congress State general secretary (administration) Vijay Saraswat to plan the nomination programme which is slated for Thursday.
Saraswat criticised the BJP candidate from Tehri and sitting MP Mala Rajya lakshmi Shah alleging that she had remained distant from the public and constituency apart from failing to raise relevant issues in the parliament. He informed that Saket Bahuguna would file his nomination at the district headquarters on Thursday in the presence of chief minister Harish Rawat, AICC observer and State co-in charge lal Singh, PCC chief Yashpal Arya, Saket’s father and former CM Vijay Bahuguna along with cabinet ministers Dinesh Aggarwal, Pritam Singh, MlAs, party leaders and thousands of party workers. Before filing of the nomination, a public meet will organised at 10 AM on Parade Ground where senior party leaders will also be present.
Saraswat exhorted party workers to ensure that thousands of supporters attend the programme, while claiming that the public response receive so far hints towards victory for Congress candidates from all five lok Sabha seats in the State. The Congress State spokesman and media in-charge Surendra Kumar, leader of opposition in MCD Neenu Sehgal and other party leaders were also present in the meeting.