The Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) Panwar faction claimed that its preparations for the upcoming lok Sabha election were in full swing. Head of the faction, Trivendra Singh Panwar said various committees would be formed in a meeting to be held in a couple of days.
Panwar informed that the party would be contesting all the five lok Sabha seats and the names of the candidates would be decided within one week. He said that four committees would be formed for the party campaign. These committees would also be holding the charges of publicising the party agenda. They would be campaigning throughout the state and inform people about the objectives of the party. He said that UKD was the oldest regional party of the state and had played a significant role in formation of Uttarakhand state.
Panwar stated that the party would be campaigning on various state related issues including the establishment of permanent State capital in Gairsain and other issues related to the development of Uttarakhand. Panwar said that party would raise the issue of migration from mountains, increasing unemployment and sufficient job opportunities needed for the people residing in the mountainous regions.
Blaming both the national parties Congress and BJP, Panwar said that leaders of both these parties had done little for the benefit of the state. He said UKD would definitely try to work for the development of the state resolve the pending issues.