Upadhyaya asks partymen to get ready for 2017 Vidhan Sabha polls
The Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee president Kishore Upadhyaya has credited the party workers for the victory of the Congress candidates in the Assembly by-polls in three constituencies.
Interacting with party leaders and workers who had come from different parts of the State to meet him at the party State head office here in Dehradun on Sunday,the Uttarakhand PCC chief commended the role played by party workers in the election while also exhorting them to further strengthen the party before the 2017 Vidhan Sabha elections in Uttarakhand.
Addressing the party leaders and workers on the occasion, the Uttarakhand PCC chief extolled the role of the party workers in ensuring the victories in the Assembly by-polls.
Stating that the victory had imbued the party with enthusiasm and more strength, he stressed on the need for ensuring that the enthusiasm of the party workers is maintained.
He exhorted the party cadres to further strengthen the party to ensure victory in the 2017 Vidhan Sabha elections in the State. A women’s Congress delegation from Haldwani headed by Nainital district head Shashi Verma also met Upadhyaya and informed him about the activities of and problems being faced by the women’s Congress.
Meanwhile, the victorious Congress candidates - Chief Minister Harish Rawat from Dharchula, Hira Singh Bisht from Doiwala and Rekha Arya from Someshwar - are slated to be administered the oath of office by Vidhan Sabha Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal at the Assembly on Monday morning. Congress State media coordinator Surendra Singh Arya averred that the party had emerged as a new power following the victory in the Assembly by-polls in Uttarakhand. Considering this, enthusiastic party workers are also expected to attend the oath-taking ceremony, he added.