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uttarakhand
civic polls
Akhtari Begum is BSP nominee for Roorkee Mayor's post
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Uniyal, Mall among five file papers for MC president’s post
OP Uniyal (in spectacles), along with Mussoorie MLA Ganesh Joshi (fourth from right), at a nomination centre in Mussoorie on Thursday.
Candidates of many parties file papers in Kumaon on day 1 of Navratra
Despite Birender's order, many Cong leaders' kin get ticket
BJP releases third list of candidates for civic poll
Will contest majority of seats in civic poll: UKD
Nine more obtain nomination forms for post of Mayor
Congress names 34 candidates for DMC wards
Rukhsana Ansari Cong mayoral candidate from Kashipur
Doon Tigers victorious
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civic polls Ensuring ownership right to slum dwellers top priority: Rajni Rawat Submits nominations for post of Dehradun Mayor as BSP candidate Tribune News Service
Dehradun, April 11 She was followed by an impressive procession, including eunuchs dancing at the beats of the dhol. The procession began from Doonga House and reached the DM office after passing through Esley Hall and Panchayti Mandir. Talking to the media, Rajni Rawat said she had strong support of the people of the city. “I am not like those leaders who travel in swanky cars and live in plush homes. My organisation --- Daya Bhav--- has been working for the poor for the past 25 years. If I came to power, my top priority will be to ensure pucca houses and ownership right to slum dwellers,”she said. Rajni said road-building projects of the Congress could not help the latter attract voters. “Voters understand that the roads in the city have been repaired when the civic body election are coming,” she said. “People do not want high-profile overbridges but fulfilment of their basic needs such as electricity, roads, water etc. People of many localities are facing an acute water shortage. The government has done nothing to solve this problem,” she said. Rajni said she would do her best to resolve the problems and complaints of people as and when they came to her. “After coming under the umbrella of the BSP, my position has further strengthened. I am confident of win,” she claimed. She said certain people were of the view that she might get votes of people belonging to a particular caste and class after joining hands with the BSP. She termed such speculations baseless saying eunuchs belonged to all castes.
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Akhtari Begum is BSP nominee for Roorkee Mayor's post
Dehradun, April 11 State president Megh Raj Singh said Akhtari Begum was fighting the election for the first time. But she has been active in social work for a long time. Her family members are BSP activists. Vimla Sagar is also an agile worker of BSP, who is quite well-known in her area. Seema Verma, BSP activist, is a social worker, whereas her husband has been councillor thrice “in the past. The party has also decided names of nine candidates for the position of chairperson of Nagar Palika. They are Rajesh Kumar Jatav as Chairman of Rishikesh Nagar Palika, Ganesh Prasad Tamta for Sri Nagar, Bhagwan Singh Tamta for Pauri, Chander Pal for Sitarganj, Vikram Singh for Rudraprayag, Vinod Kumar Virdi for Vikasnagar, Rakesh Kumar Shambhu for Nainital, Ratan Pal Singh for Tehri and Anisha Begum for Khatima. Similarly, six candidates have also been finalised for the position of chairperson of nagar panchayat. These are Savitri Shah for Badkot, Anju Devi for Pokhri, Devender Rawat for Gopeshwar, Beena from Nand Prayag, Rekha Kanojia from Doiwala and Manjit Kaur from Harbertpur. Jaraware said the party was finding it very difficult to finalise the names of the candidates, owing to the discrepancies in the voters' list. ''Quite surprisingly, many of our candidates whom we wanted to field in the civic election did not have their names in the voters' list.'' He said they could not do much as the list was released very late. More than that, the list regarding reservation on seats was also delayed. Just two days after the reservation list, the election was declared. This did not leave any time for the party to work upon these shortcomings.
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Uniyal, Mall among five file papers for MC president’s post
Mussoorie, April 11 Three candidates have already filed their nominations for the post, bringing the tally to eight till now. Around 53 candidates also filed their papers from their respective wards along with the candidates for the president’s post. The exercise started around 10 am with ward members accompanied by their supporters amid beating of drums started arriving at the centre to file their nominations. The whole area wore a festive look with the supporters of the candidates dancing in joy and raising slogans. Anita Saxena, a former president of the local BJP unit, who was enraged at not allotted the party ticket, was the first to file her nomination paper for the post of MC president as an Independent candidate today. She said she had been a disciplined worker of the BJP for several years but her claim for the ticket was not considered. This forced her to contest the election as an Independent candidate. The sitting MC president, OP Uniyal, was next to arrive to file his nomination. He had not filled the prescribed form, thus resulting in delay. BJP workers assisted him in filing the required papers which were submitted after an hour. Mussoorie MLA Ganesh Joshi, who until now was supporting another BJP leader for the post of president, also accompanied Uniyal to the centre in a show of unity in the party. Joshi said after Uniyal was given the ticket the party workers had pulled up their socks to ensure his victory in the MC election once again. He added there was no infighting in the party. Uniyal later speaking to mediapersons said he was confident about his victory as he had carried out several development works in the town. The Congress candidate for the president’s post, Manmohan Singh Mall, who is contesting for the third time, also filed his nomination along with other ward members from the party around 3 pm. A former MLA from Mussoorie, Jot Singh Gunsola, and Satish Dhaundiyal, one of the ticket aspirants, accompanied him. Mall, while speaking to mediapersons later, said he would win the election with a convincing margin. He added his main issues would be corruption by some ward members and Uniyal in the council during the past five years and halted development works. He said if elected he would focus on creating more parking space and building a housing colony for the poor. Billoo Balmiki and Manmohan Singh Jaiswal were the others who filed their nomination papers for the post of president as Independent candidates. As many as 53 candidates filed their nominations for the posts of ward member. Their supporters were seen dancing and singing with joy while on their way to the centre to file nominations.
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Candidates of many parties file papers in Kumaon on day 1 of Navratra
Pithoragarh, April 11 According to the information received from the district returning officer, Pithoragarh, BJP candidate Rajendra Singh Rawat, Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Kailas Pant, Aam Adami Party candidate Shamsher Singh Mahar and independent Jagjiwan Singh Kanyal filed their nomination papers for the post of chairman of the Pithoragarh Nagar Palika Parishad. The Congress candidate is likely to file his nomination tomorrow as the decision on the candidate will become final by the evening, said a Congress source. The BJP candidate reached the office of the Returning Officer in a big procession preceded by a procession by BJP women wing carrying the New Year's signs and filed his nomination papers before the officer. "The meeting, organised by the BJP, before the procession held at Ramlila Ground, was addressed by former Cabinet Minister Prakash Pant besides other leaders of the party," said a BJP source. In Nainital town, two nominations for the posts of chairman and 20 for ward member for Nagar Palika Parishad were filed. The nominations filed by the candidates for the post of chairman included of Shyam Narayan from the UKD and Shalini Arya as independent candidate, said a source in Nainital. In Almora, two major nominations were filed by present chairperson Shobha Joshi and former chairperson of the Almora Nagar Palika Prakash Joshi. Besides these leaders, Anandi Verma as independent and Ajay Varma from the BJP filed their nomination papers for the chairmanship of the Almora Nagar Palika Parishad. In Champawat, six nominations have accepted for the post of Nagar Palika chairmanship in the town. These included the candidates from the Congress, the BJP and the BSP. In Bageshwar and Kapkot towns of Bageswar district, BSP candidate Neema Joshi and BJP candidate Nirmala Dafauti filed their nomination papers. With this, the total nominations for the chairmanship became three as one independent candidate Kavita Joshi had filed her nomination yesterday, said a source from Bageshwar. — OC
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Despite Birender's order, many Cong leaders' kin get ticket
Dehradun, April 11 Interestingly, the statement by the senior leader did not match with the ground realities. Already, the party has announced the candidature of Vinay Saraswat, a brother of senior Congress leader Vijay Saraswat from Rishikesh. On the other hand, many senior leaders are in line to get party nominations for their kith and kin. Sumit Hridayesh, son of senior Cabinet Minister Indira Haridyesh, is a contender for the Haldwani mayoral seat while a close relative of Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal is also in the race for the same seat. Similarly, a close relative of Rajya Sabha member Mahendra Singh Mahra is also in the race for party nomination from Kumaon. The statement has evoked strong response from party workers as many of them said Saket Bahuguna, son of Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna, was given ticket for theTehri Parliamentary byelection in October 2012, Anand Rawat, son of Union Minister Harish Rawat, is the president of the Uttarakhand Youth Congress. Sumit Hriydesh, son of Indira Hariydesh, is the Chairman of the Mandi Parishad, Haldwani, while Sanjeev Arya, son of Uttarakhand chief Yashpal Arya, has been made a Director of the Uttarakhand Cooperative Bank.
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BJP releases third list of candidates for civic poll
Dehradun, April 11 The candidates are as follows: For Dehradun Municipal Corporation, Roshan Bala has been given councillor’s ticket from Rajpur ward, Neetu Balmiki from Sahastradhara ward, Daya Joshi from Jakhan ward, Bhupendra Kathait from Hathibarkala, Saroj Panwar from Aryanagar, Manohar Bhandari from Dobhalwala, Satendra Nath from Vijay Colony, Nandini Sharma from Rajendra Nagar, Hemlata from DL Road, Rani Kaur from Rispana, Abhishek Bora from Karanpur, Vijendra Singh Rana from Bakralwala, Deepa Shah from Chukkuwala, Atul Sonkar from Indira Colony, Dinesh Kathuria from Clock Tower, Jaipal Valmiki from Race Course North, Arun Khanna from MKP, Charanjeet Kaur Nagpal from Kalika Mandir, Savita Oberoi from Tilak Road, Pramod Kumar Bhatt from Khurbura, Vipin Chanchal from Shivaji Marg, Tripta Jatav from Indreshnagar, Naresh Chandok from Dhamwala, Ajay Singhal from Jhanda Mohalla, Pinki Semwal from Dalanwala North, Naresh Chandra Sharma from Dalanwala East, Rakesh Machkola from Dalawanwala South, Mangal Singh Rathore from Adhoiwala North and Rajesh Rawat from Adhoiwala South, Kamli Bhatt from Bhagat Singh Colony, Varsha Badoni from Rajeev Nagar, Rajendra Rawat from Defence Colony, Beena Uniyal from Nehru Colony, Neeru Bhatt from Dharampur, Darshan Lal Binjola from Deepnagar, Bhupendra Singh Dhondhiyal from Ajapur, Kamla Rawat from Mata Mandir, Rakhi Barthwal from Race Course Sought, Rajkumar Kakkar from Rest Camp, Rukhsana Parveen from Reetha Mandi, Sushil Gupta from Lakhibagh, Anita Devi from Kargi, Mahipal Dhiman from Patelnagar East, Jasveer Singh from Brahmapuri, Neeraj Seth from Niranjanpur, Deepa Thakur from Manjara, Subhash Chauhan from Turner Road, Omendra Bhat from Indirapuram, Babu Ram from Dronpuri, Archana Pundir from Kanwali, Meera Kathait from Indranagar, Anju Bisht from Vasant Vihar, Amita Singh from Mohit Nagar, Rohit Maurya from Gandhigram, Neha Gupta from Yamuna Colony, Surendra Kukreja from Govindgarh, Pravesh Maggo, Sharda Gupta from Ballupur and Usha Nautiyal has been councillor ticket from Kaulagarh ward of Dehradun Municipal Corporation. Further, for other civic bodies of the state, Bhagirath Lal Chowdhary has been given BJP ticket for the Ramnagar municipality Chairman, Snehlata Sharma for Rishikesh municipality, Dalvir Singh for Pauri municipality, Sunita Devi for Kotdwar municipality, Dinesh Bhatia from Kitcha municipality and Sanjay Kumar from Nainital municipality Chairman. Further, Shankuntala Rajput has been given BJP ticket from Swarashram Nagar Panchayat. Meanwhile, BJP has also changed its candidates for the posts of nagar panchayat Bhimtal president and nagar panchayat Gangolighat president. Now, Vimal Singh Rawat will contest from nagar panchayat, Gangolighat, whereas Rajesh Negi will contest from nagar panchayat, Bhimtal. The earlier candidate had three children and thus stood disqualified.
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Will contest majority of seats in civic poll: UKD
Haridwar, April 11 UKD central chief Trivendra Pawar said the party had finalised its candidates in the Garhwal and Kumaon divisions on the basis of merit. On the candidature of Prema Upreti as Mayor, Pawar said seeing the past work and dedicated loyalist nature of Upreti, she had been chosen to fight on UKD ticket. He said women would be given a substantial number of tickets by the party, as they had played a pivotal role during the separate statehood movement.
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Nine more obtain nomination forms for post of Mayor
Dehradun, April 11 District Election Officer BVRC Purushottam said 77 candidates have also obtained forms for the position of councillors for Dehradun Municipal Corporation. Five candidates obtained forms for the position of chairperson of Nagar Palika Parishad, Mussoorie. Around 50 others received forms for the position of councillors for Mussoorie. Three candidates obtained forms for the position of chairperson of Nagar Palika Parishad, Rishikesh. Twentynine others also obtained forms for the position of councillors. No nomination form was filed for the chairperson of Doiwala.
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Congress names 34 candidates for DMC wards
Dehradun, April 11 The following is the list: Vinod Kumar Dhiman from Rajpur, T.S.Bharati from Sahatradhar Road, Vinita Chauhan from Jhakhan, Nikhil Kumar from Vijay Colony, Mohan Joshi from Krishnagar, Deepika Rani from D.L.Road, Simmi Sonkar from Rispanpuram, Vinay Kohli from Karanpur, Vijayander Pal Singh from Bakralwala, Arjun Sonkar from Chukkuwala, Devender Pal from Race Course, Seema joshi from tilak Road, Ashok Koshli from Khurbura, Neenu Sehgal from Dhamawala, Meena Bisht from Dalanwala North,Rajesh Chaudhary from Dalanwala East, Udaiveer Mall from Dalanwala South, Sanjeev Malhotra from Adhoiwala North, Anand Tyagi from Adhoiwala south, Raisa Fatima from Bhagat Singh Colony, Raji Devi Bisht from Rajivnagar, Sushil Kumar from Defence Colony, Manmohan Singh Dhani from Ajabpur, Sonu Uniyal from Mata Mandir Road, Nirmal Rathi from Indira Puram, Rajesh Kumar Pundir from Kanwali, Kiran Tewari from Vasant Vihar, Kesar Singh Rawat from Mohit Nagar, Preeti Grover from Patel Nagar, Jagdish Dhiman from Gandhigram, Charanjit Kaushal from Govindgarh, Been Bisht from Sridev Suman Nagar and Neelam Bishnat from Kaulagarh. The candidature of Komal Vohra from Ballupur was cancelled after the release of the list. — TNS
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Rukhsana Ansari Cong mayoral candidate from Kashipur
Dehradun, April 11 Moreover, Sajjan Lal Verma has been made party candidate for Champawat municipality Chairman, Neeraj Agarwal for the post of Chairman in Vikasnagar municipality and Beena Chauhan for nagar panchayat, Herbertpur. Virendra Singh for Pauri municipality, Lakshmi Pandey for Tanakpur municipality, Jagat Singh Khati Pithoragarh municipality chairman, Anjani Uniyal Uttarkashi municipality, Jasveer Kaur from Bajpur municipality and Rama Agarwal for nagar panchayat Kirtinagar president. Further, the party has replaced its candidate for nagar panchayat, Swargashram. Parvati Devi will now be candidate for nagar panchayat, Swargashram. She replaces Mamta Bhandari. — TNS
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BSP candidate for the post of Dehradun Mayor Rajni Rawat filed her nomination papers at the DM’s office here today.
Present Municipal Council president OP Uniyal and Congress candidate Manmohan Singh Mall were among the five candidates who filed their nomination papers for the post of president amid beating of drums in Mussoorie today.