Ganga Pancholi, the official candidate of Congress party filed her nomination papers for the Salt assembly by- election on Tuesday. Accompanied by the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Pritam Singh and other senior leaders of the Congress party, Pancholi filed her nomination papers at Bhikiyasain Tehsil office.
Before filing her nomination the Congress candidate participated in a procession which started at Turachora road and ended at Tehsil headquarters. The Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) Pradip Tamta, state co in-charge of the party Rajesh Dharmani, MLA Govind Singh Kunjwal, Harish Dhami, Sarita Arya, former MLAs Madan Singh Bisht, Lalit Pharswan and other senior Congress leaders were present on the occasion.
The candidature of Pancholi was declared by the Congress party on Monday. The Congress Vikram Rawat, the son of former MLA Ranjit Rawat and Pancholi were in contention for the Congress ticket. It is learnt that the support of former Chief Minister and General Secretary of All India Congress Committee (AICC) Harish Rawat tilted the scales in favour of Pancholi from Salt. In the assembly election of the 2017, Pancholi was the candidate of the Congress party and despite a strong Modi wave she had put up a good contest and lost the seat by a thin margin to Late Surendra Singh Jeena.
Wednesday, 31 March 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
