DEHRADUN, March 8 -- Many senior Congress leaders from Uttarakhand have expressed their inability to contest the coming Parliamentary Elections. In this regard, they have informed the Party High Command of their desire not to contest the elections. However, in the meeting of the screening committee held in Delhi, yesterday, chaired by chairman of the screening committee, Bhakta Charan Das and Selja Kumari, some of these names have still been included in the panel of 16 names that has been sent to the Party High Command for a final call on the candidates. It may be recalled that BJP has already declared 3 out of 5 candidates who have been repeated as the party candidates from Uttarakhand.

According to the sources, in all, 26 names were unde...