Assembly Election 2022: Will anti-incumbency favour Congress in Uttarakhand polls?

The BJP has fielded 11 cabinet Ministers and the state unit president Madan Kaushik in the electoral arena.

Dehradun: The Congress veteran Harish Rawat and the BJP`s youth bet Pushkar Singh Dhami will have their fingers crossed on Monday when Uttarakhand goes to poll for its 70 members` Assembly. 

Both the Congress and the BJP have battled political instability in the state in the last two decades after it was carved out of Uttar Pradesh. The BJP`s task is a twin -- beat the anti-incumbency and also the electoral trend of the incumbent government voted out in the state. Uttarakhand, incidentally, has seen 11 Chief Ministers in the last two decades. The BJP has fielded 11 cabinet Ministers and the state unit president Madan Kaushik in the electoral arena.

Dhami is contesting for the third time from the Khatima Assembly seat against the Congress nominee Bhuwan Chandra Kapri.