Uttarakhand unit of the Congress has released a list of 42 star campaigners for the ensuing urban local body (ULB) polls.
The list submitted by the party to the State election commissioner contains the names of the former chief minister Harish Rawat, the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief Pritam Singh and state party in- charge Anugrah Narayan Singh. The list also includes the leader of the opposition in the state Assembly Indira Hridayesh, former PCC chief Kishore Upadhyaya, the party’s state co in charge Rajesh Dharmani, former Speaker of Vidhan Sabha Govind Singh Kunjwal, Rajya Sabha MP Pradip Tamta, deputy leader of the party in the Assembly Karan Mahra and All India Congress Committee ( AICC) secretaries Prakash Joshi and Quazi Nizamuddin. The party has also listed MLAs Mamta Rakesh, Furkan Ahmed, Adesh Chauhan, Rajkumar, Harish Dhami and Manoj Rawat as star campaigners. Former MPs K C Singh Bawa, Mahendra Singh Pal and Mahendra Singh Mahra also figure in the list. Former ministers Surendra Singh Negi, Hira Singh Bisht, Tilak Raj Behad, Nav Prabhat, Rajendra Bhanadari and Surveer Singh Sajwan also find a place in the names of the star campaigners.