BJP fields former Uttarakhand Congress president Upadhyay from Tehri
The Hindu
Mr. Upadhyay joined BJP on January 27
The BJP on January 28 named Kishore Upadhyay, a former State Congress president as its candidate from Tehri assembly seat in Uttarakhand.
The party also fielded Brij Bhushan Gairola from Doiwala, from where former Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat is the sitting MLA but has expressed his unwillingness to contest the poll this time.
With the announcement, the BJP has now named all its candidates for the February 14 elections to the 70-member assembly. The BJP is in power in the State.
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