Voting for the Kedarnath Assembly by-election will be held on November 20.
The Congress and the BJP on Sunday announced their candidates for the Kedarnath assembly byelections to be held on November 20 in Uttarakhand. The Congress has named former MLA Manoj Rawat as its candidate, while the ruling BJP has fielded state Mahila Morcha president Asha Nautiyal. Nautiyal was elected from this seat on the BJP ticket in 2002 and 2007. Former journalist Manoj Rawat had won from Kedarnath in 2017. He lost to BJP’s Shaila Rani Rawat in the 2022 elections.
This seat fell vacant after the death of BJP MLA Shailarani Rawat. Manoj Rawat, who became an MLA for the first time from the Kedarnath seat in 2017, had to finish third in the assembly elections of 2022. Rawat has entered politics from the field of journalism.
The last date for nomination is October 29.
The last date to file nomination papers for the by-elections is October 29, while nomination papers will be examined on October 30 and the last date to withdraw nominations is November 4. Voting for Kedarnath assembly seat will be held on November 20 and counting of votes will take place on November 23. Authorities said 173 polling stations have been set up in the area for the elections. There are 90,540 voters in the assembly constituency, which includes 45,775 women voters.
By-elections are very important
This by-election is considered very important for both Congress and BJP political parties. Both parties are preparing the political board to defeat each other. After defeating the Congress 5-0 in the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP had to face defeat in the two assembly by-elections held in the state, Badrinath and Mangalore, as this time the party wants to leave no stone unturned. without stirring.
Party workers are constantly in the audience.
Regarding the by-elections, BJP national general secretary and state party affairs in-charge Dushyant Gautam said party workers are constantly active among the public. He asserted that thanks to the work done by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami for the public and the increasing confidence of the public in the leadership and guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP will achieve a big victory in Kedarnath.
