New Delhi, Jan 6: Congress today declared the names of 65 candidates for the elections to 70-member Uttarakhand assembly.
Harak Singh Rawat will be the candidate from Rudraprayag seat while others in the fray include Jodh Singh Gunsola (Mussorie), Rajpal Singh Kharola (Rishikesh) and Satpal Brahmachari from Hardwar.
Pradeep Batra (Roorkee), Irshad Ali (Hardwar rural), Sunderlal Mandrawal (Pauri-SC), Mayukh Singh Mahar (Pithoragarh), Lalit Pharswan (Kapkote), Ram Prasad Tamta (Bageshwar-SC) and Manoj Tiwari (Almora) are among the other candidates in the fray.
Surendra Singh Negi will contest against Chief Minister B C Khanduri (BJP) from Kotdwar while Rewati Joshi will be in the fray from Didihat against BJP state unit chief Bishan Singh Chuphal.
Congress is confident of coming back to power, claiming there is an anti-incumbency wave against the BJP government due to a slew of corruption cases that came to light during Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank's chief ministership.
BJP was forced to ask Nishank to step down and he was replaced by Khanduri who has image of an upright leader.
Khanduri has won a lot of support after his stand on bringing the Chief Minister under the Lokayukta but many feel these measures are too few and too late in the day. Polling will be held on January 30.
The list of candidates:
Uttarkashi District:
Purola SC - Rajesh Juwantha
Yamunotri - Kedar Singh Rawat
Gangotri - Vijaypal Singh Sajwan
Chamoli District:
Badrinath - Rajendra Bhandari
Tharali SC - Jeet Ram
Karnaprayag - Anusuya Prasad Maikhuri Rudraprayag district:
Kedarnath - Shaila Rani Rawat
Rudraprayag - Harak Singh Rawat
Tehri Garhwal District:
Ghanshali SC - Dhani Lal Sah
Devprayag - Surbir Singh Sajwan
Narendranagar - Subodh Uniyal
Pratap Nagar - Vikram Singh Negi
Tehri - Kishore Upadhyay
Dhanolti - Manmohan Singh Mall
Dehradun District :
Chakrata ST - Preetam Singh
Vikas Nagar - Nav Prabhat
Dharampur - Dinesh Agrawal
Raipur - Umesh Sharma
Rajpur Road SC - Raj Kumar
Mussorie - Jodh Singh Gunsola
Rishikesh - Rajpal Singh Kharola
Haridwar District:
Haridwar - Satpal Brahmachari
BHEL Ranipur - Balwant Singh Chauhan
Jwalapur SC - Brij Rani
Bhagwanpur SC - Satyapal Singh ‘
Jhabrera SC - Rajpal Singh
Pirankaliyar - Furkan Ahmed
Roorkee - Pradeep Batra
Khanpur - Kunwar Pranav Singh
Manglore - Kazi Mohd. Nizamuddin
Laksar - Ram Singh Saini
Hardwar Rural - Irshad Ali
Garhwal District:
Yamkeshwar - Sarojini Kainthura
Pauri SC - Sunder Lal Mandrawal
Srinagar - Ganesh Godiyal ‘
Chaubattakhal - Rajpal Singh Bisht
Lansdowne - Ms Jyoti Rautela
Kotdwar - Surendra Singh Negi
Pithoragarh District:
Dharchula - Harish Dhami
Didihat - Rewati Joshi
Pithoragarh - Mayukh Singh Mahar
Gangolihat SC - Narayan Ram Arya
Bageshwar District:
Kapkote - Lalit Farswan
Bageshwar SC - Ram Prasad Tamta
Almora District:
Dwarahat - Madan Singh Bisht
Salt - Ranjit Singh Rawat
Ranikhet - Karan Mehra
Someshwar SC - Rajendra Barakoti
Almora - Manoj Tiwari
Jageshwar - Govind Singh Kunjwal
Champawat District:
Lohaghat- Mahendra Singh Mehra
Champawat - Hemesh Kharakwal
Nainital District:
Lalkuan - Harendra Bora
Bhimtal - Ram Singh Kera
Nainital SC - Sarita Arya
Haldwani - Ms. Indira Hridayesh
Kaladhungi - Prakash Joshi
Ramnagar - Smt Amrita Rawat
Udhamsingh Nagar District:
Jashpur - Dr Shailendra Mohan Singhal
Kashipur - Manoj Joshi
Bajpur SC - Yashpal Arya
Rudrapur - Tilakraj Behar
Sitarganj - Suresh Gangwar
Nanak Matta ST - Gopal Singh Rana
Khatima - Devendra Chandra
