The day of speculation ends on whether he will get a party ticket to contest the upcoming Uttarakhand Assembly elections. BJP The name of Ritu Bhushan Khanduri, daughter of former Chief Minister BC Khanduri, was announced on Wednesday. Nine candidates in second list
However, he has been fielded from Kotdwar constituency and not Yamkeshwar, which he won in the last election. He is pitted against Congress candidate Surendra Singh Negi.
According to BJP sources, Ritu wanted to go ahead with Yamkeshwar, but the party decided to put its bet on Renu Bisht to contest against Shailendra Singh Rawat of Congress for this seat. Sources said the decision was based on a pre-poll internal survey, which was not favourable.
ride in 2017 Narendra Modi Ritu defeated Renu, who was then an independent candidate by a margin of 8,982 votes. Congress candidate Shailendra Rawat is at number three.
After the announcement of the first list of 59 candidates, amid speculation that she would not get a ticket this time, Ritu had told reporters that there must have been a reason why she was not selected for Yamkeshwar. “I belong to a family in which we do not ask much questions. There must have been some good reason for not giving me the ticket.”
In the last election, former state cabinet minister Harak Singh Rawat, who had recently joined the Congress along with his daughter-in-law Anukreethy Gusain after being by the BJP, won from Kotdwar. Congress is yet to give ticket to Harak, while Gusain has been named for Lansdowne constituency.
BJP also announced the name of Shaila Rani Rawat for Kedarnath in its second list. In 2017, he was defeated by Congress candidate Manoj Rawat.
With Wednesday’s announcement, the BJP has so far announced 68 candidates, including seven women, for the elections to the 70-member assembly. The Congress has so far announced 64 candidates, including six women.
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