Within weeks of the assembly elections in Uttarakhand, BJP, Congress and AAP are leaving no stone unturned to reach out to the voters. Young candidates have started emerging after the announcement of BJP’s “Young Uttarakhand-Young Chief Minister”. They are also using banners and posters to promote their position in the assembly constituencies. However, it remains to be seen how the high command selects the candidates.
What does the math say?
The Gangolihat assembly, which is a scheduled caste seat, is swinging between the Congress and the BJP. No political party has been able to win this seat twice in a row. In the 2017 assembly elections, the BJP-led alliance had won 57 seats, while the Congress Plus managed to win just 11 seats. However, in the 2022 assembly elections, some reports and polls conducted by ABP and CVoters suggested that the Congress was fast emerging as a tough contender against the BJP in Uttarakhand. However, it is falling short of the numbers required to capture the state.
Record and current scenario
In the 2017 assembly elections, BJP candidates stood against party rebels in up to 12 seats. The condition of Congress was not much better. While some of its senior leaders had joined the BJP ahead of the elections, many others had campaigned against the party’s candidates. After the election, the Congress dismissed 26 of its members from the party for six years. Since this term is not over, many of them are now considered suitable candidates for a new party like AAP, as they have a considerable number of followers in their respective constituencies.
Opportunity for AAP?
Being in contention for the title of AAP, rebels from both the Congress and the BJP will stand a chance of getting a seat in the assembly with the support of a party whose graph is rising across North India.
However, AAP took a bold step by fielding a former colonel Ajay Kothiyal as its chief ministerial candidate. This is significant as the state has a substantial population of retired and serving defense and paramilitary people, whose votes can significantly impact either party’s prospects.
potential claimant
Apart from MLA Meena Gangola, BJP has fielded Geeta Thakur, Fakir Ram, Dinesh Arya and Darpan Kumar from Gangolihat seat, while Congress has fielded Khajan Guddu, Jagdish Kumar, Bhim Kumar, Manoj and former MLA Narayan Ram. Arya. There is a ruckus between Sahni and Govind Bharti. At the moment, both the parties are comparing their reputation with the increasing number of candidates for the Gangolihat seat.
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