It also nominated Mr. Rawat’s daughter Anupama Rawat from Haridwar Rural Assembly seat.
New Delhi:
Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and Congress leader Harish Rawat will now contest the February 14 assembly elections from Lalkuan seat instead of Ramnagar, which was announced earlier.
The Congress changed Rawat’s seat in the third list of 10 candidates announced late Wednesday night. In this list, the party has changed the seats of five of its already nominated candidates.
It also nominated Mr. Rawat’s daughter Anupama Rawat from Haridwar Rural Assembly seat.
He unsuccessfully contested from Kichha and Haridwar rural assembly seats in the last assembly elections in 2017.
Mr. Rawat replaces Sandhya Dalkoti for Lalkuan seat, while Mahendra Pal Singh will now contest in place of Mr. Rawat from Ramnagar assembly constituency.
Mr Singh was earlier nominated by the party to contest from the Kaladhungi assembly seat, from where the party has now fielded Mahesh Sharma.
From Doiwala assembly seat, Congress has fielded Gaurav Chaudhary in place of Mohit Uniyal and Ravi Bahadur in place of Barkha Rani from Jwalapur-SC seat.
The party has fielded Yashpal Rana from Roorkee.
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