Assembly Elections 2022: BJP to announce candidates list for Uttarakhand Polls

The BJP has released a list of 59 candidates, including 10 existing MLAs.Pushkar Singh Dhami, his 11 cabinet colleagues, and BJP Uttarakhand president Madan Kaushik have all been handed tickets to run in their respective constituencies.Pushkar Singh Dhami to contest from Khatima.

BJP’s list of candidates for Uttarakhand election:

Pushkar Singh Dhami from Khatima

Durgeshwar Lal from Purola (SC)

Kedar Singh Rawat from Yamunotri

Mahendra Bhatt from Badrinath

Bhopal Ram Tamta from Tahrali (SC)

Pritam Singh Panwar from Dhanualti

Trilok Singh Cheema from Kashipur

Vinod Chamoli from Dharampur

Savita Kapoor from Dehradun Cantt

Ganesh Joshi from Mussoorie

Premchand Aggrawal from Rishikesh

Madan Kaushik from Haridwar

Pradeep Batra from Roorkee

Kunwarani Devyani from Khanpur

Swami Yatishwaranand from Haridwar (Rural)

Raj Kumar Pori from Pauri (SC)

Dileep Singh Rawat from Lansdowne

Sarita Arya from Nainital (SC)

Kailash Sharma from Almora

Ram Singh Kalra from Bhimtal

Diwan Singh Bisht from Ramnagar

BJP announced names of candidates for 59 out of the total 70 Assembly seats. Full list here:

https://twitter.com/BJP4UK/status/1484089990200328196?s=20

Col Vijay Rawat (retd), younger brother of India’s late first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Bipin Rawat, joined the BJP on January 19 in the presence of CM Dhami, state in-charge and BJP national general secretary Dushyant Gautam, and Uttarakhand BJP president Madan Kaushik in what can be described as a shot in the arm for the BJP.

Trivendra Singh Rawat, the former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and a BJP leader, has stated that he will not run in the Uttarakhand Assembly elections in 2022.

Rawat wrote to BJP President JP Nadda in a letter, saying: “The state’s leadership has changed, and the party now has a youth leader, Pushkar Singh Dhami. In light of the new political landscape, I believe I should not run for the Assembly in 2022.”