Voting will be held on November 20 for the by-election of the vacant Kedarnath assembly seat. Counting of votes will be done on November 23. Notification for the by-election will be issued on October 22. In view of the by-election, the election code of conduct has come into effect in Rudraprayag district. In this by-election, 90,450 voters will choose their representative for the assembly. Additional Chief Election Officer Dr. Vijay Kumar Jogdande gave this information in the media center located in the secretariat on Tuesday.
Congress is cautious about Kedarnath
Congress is being very cautious about the Kedarnath by-election. Kedarnath Dham has been the place of worship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Prime Minister Modi has also never shied away from showing immense faith in Baba Kedarnath. Reconstruction work in Kedarnath Dham, which was devastated by the disaster in the year 2013, has been Narendra Modi’s priority as Prime Minister.
Ganesh Godiyal included in observer team for Kedarnath
Dehradun: As soon as the date of by-election for the vacant Kedarnath assembly seat in the state was fixed, the activities of political parties have intensified. Congress has amended the two-member observer team formed four days ago for the by-election. This team has now become four-member. Former state Congress president and Congress working committee member Ganesh Godiyal has been included as senior observer and MLA Lakhpat Singh Butola from the nearby Badrinath seat has been included as a member. By making Godiyal the observer, the party has once again clarified its strategy to make the by-election sharp. Congress state in-charge Kumari Selja announced a four-member observer team on Tuesday. Earlier on October 11, she had formed a two-member observer team for the Kedarnath by-election. This team includes Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Bhuvan Kapri and MLA Virendra Jati from Jhabreda seat of Haridwar district.
