PCC chief gets nod to select local body candidates

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PCC chief gets nod to select local body candidates

Saturday, 20 October 2018 | PNS | Dehradun

The Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee president Pritam Singh has been authorised to select candidates for the urban local body elections. This decision was taken unanimously by the PCC parliamentary board which met at the Congress Bhawan here on Friday. By evening there were unconfirmed reports of former cabinet minister Dinesh Agarwal being chosen as the party’s mayoral candidate for Dehradun with the official announcement expected to be made on the weekend.

The PCC chief presided over the meeting of the board held here on Friday regarding the urban local body elections.

The party’s state parliamentary board members discussed aspects of the local body polls in detail. Earlier, they also paid tribute to veteran leader and former chief minister Narayan Dutt Tiwari who expired on Thursday.

After detailed discussions on various aspects related to the local body polls, the board unanimously passed the proposal authorising the PCC chief Pritam Singh to select candidates to be fielded by the party in the local body polls. It was stated that after announcement of the local body polls, the PCC chief held a meeting in Dehradun on October 15 followed by another meeting at Haldwani on the following day. Both the meetings were attended by leader of opposition in the Vidhan Sabha, Indira Hridayesh and other senior party leaders.

The names of potential candidates for the local body polls were discussed in detail during these two meetings. The meeting held here on Friday was attended by leader of opposition Indira Hridayesh, former MP MP Singh, MLAs Manoj Rawat, Adesh Chauhan, Mamta Rakesh, former cabinet minister Dinesh Agarwal, former MLA Anusyua Prasad Maikhuri and other party leaders.

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