The Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee president Kishore Upadhyaya has been included in the list of identified Statehood activists of Tehri district. The list of identified Statehood activists of Tehri and Nainital districts was released by the Uttarakhand Rajya Nirman Andolankari Samman Parishad vice chairman Dhirendra Pratap on Thursday.
Pratap released a list of 119 Statehood activists from Tehri district including the PCC chief Kishore Upadhyaya. While 46 of the listed activists were found eligible for 10 per cent reservation benefit, 26 were found eligible for pension. The list of Statehood activists from Nainital district includes a total of 519 activists identified till August 30, 2014. These include 171 women Statehood activists. Pratap said that the Statehood agitators’ identification process would continue and other lists from remaining districts would be announced soon. Earlier on January 12, a list of 211 identified Statehood activists marked in the Champawat district till the cut off date of August 31, 2014 was released.
These 211 activists include eight women activists. Pratap said that the Statehood activists who had not yet submitted their applications for identification should submit the same to the district magistrate along with their documents and two photographs. The State will process the applications and facilitate their inclusion in the list of identified Statehood activists, he added.