The very next day after the Lok Sabha election schedule was announced, BJP gave a big blow to Congress by fielding Congress MLA and former minister Rajendra Bhandari from Badrinath assembly constituency which falls under Garhwal parliamentary seat. Bhandari resigned from the Congress on Sunday in Delhi in the presence of Union Minister Piyush Goyal, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, BJP’s national general secretary and Uttarakhand election in-charge Dushyant Kumar Gautam, BJP’s national media chief and party candidate from Garhwal seat Anil Baluni. Took membership.
resignation from assembly membership
Earlier, Bhandari had resigned from the Assembly membership, which was also accepted by the Assembly Speaker. Also, Badrinath seat has been declared vacant. The Assembly Secretariat has also issued its notification. On the other hand, former Tehri MLA Dhan Singh Negi has also resigned from Congress. There is talk that he may also return to BJP. There was talk of Congress MLA and former minister Rajendra Bhandari joining BJP from Badrinath seat for a long time. Recently, during Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami’s visit to Chamoli district, Bhandari had a long conversation with Chief Minister Dhami and State President Mahendra Bhatt. With Bhandari joining BJP, the problems of Congress on Garhwal parliamentary seat have also increased. Former District Panchayat President Rajendra Bhandari contested the elections as an independent candidate in the year 2007 and reached the Assembly for the first time.
Then he supported the then BJP government and was a minister first in Khanduri and then in Nishank government. Before the 2012 assembly elections, he joined Congress and was elected MLA from this seat on Congress ticket. He lost in the 2017 assembly elections, whereas in the year 2022, he was elected MLA for the third time.
