Shishupal Singh would be the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate from the Tehri lok Sabha seat, the party has made formal announcement of his name at a party workers meeting at the Municipal hall here on Tuesday.
Addressing a party workers Uttarakhand BSP in charge and former Minister Ramachal Rajbhar said that the Congress party cheated BSP in last two general elections in Tehri and tried to buy the BSP candidates, but this time the party had chosen a person from the organisation and cadre.
He said only Mayawati can properly administer this country and people want BSP at power in the centre. The state BSP chief Meghraj Singh said people of Uttarakhand had fed up from both BJP and Congress and now wanted to test the third alternative which BSP was capable of giving, and claimed that the base of party was also increasing in the mountainous areas of the State.
The party workers took out a motorcycle rally from the Jogiwala and greeted the party leaders. Many people from other parties also took the membership of BSP on the occasion. The State general Secretary Rajesh Pal, election in charge of Tehri lok Sabha seat Rafat Hussein, the district president MS Koli and large number of party workers participated in the meeting.