UKD poll:Cong yet to name candidates; Monday last day for filling nominations

With Monday being the last date for filing nominations in Uttarakhand, all eyes are fixed on the Congress which is yet to announce its candidates for the five seats in the state going to polls on April 11.

Arch rival BJP has already announced its candidates for the five seats in Uttarakhand on Thursday out of whom two - Mala Rajya Lakshmi Shah from Tehri and Tirath Singh Rawat from Pauri have even filed their nominations.

Congress sources here said the names of candidates will have to be announced before Monday which is the last date for filing nominations.

Choosing a candidate for Haridwar is proving difficult for the party, the sources said as Harish Rawat who represented the seat in the 15th Lok Sabha before becoming CM of Uttarakhand in 2014 is not keen to contest from there this time.

BJP has renominated sitting MP and former chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank from Haridwar. So, Congress obviously needs to field a strong candidate from the seat.

Though party leaders were ...