DEHRADUN, March 13 -- The Congress party has declared Jot Singh Gunsola, Ganesh Godiyal and Pradeep Tamta as its candidates for Tehri, Garhwal and Almora- Pithoragarh (SC) seats respectively for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections. After the approval of the central election committee (CEC), the apex body of the party for selecting the name of candidates of the election, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) released the names of candidates for three out of the five constituencies in the State on Tuesday.
In Tehri constituency the party has fielded Gunsola, a senior leader and former MLA. He will take on the formidable challenge of contesting against sitting MP Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah. In Garhwal where the BJP has not yet declared its candidate...