02-15-2007, 11:48 PM
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<b>Delhi Cong leaders rush to Uttarakhand to help party</b>
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Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi
<b>Disheartened over the cancellation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi's visit to the State due to inclement weather</b>, Uttarakhand Congress leaders have been pinning their hopes on top Delhi leaders. Services of Delhi Congress leaders have been requisitioned to boost the morale of Congress campaign in Uttarakhand Assembly election which is going to polls on February 21.
The Congress high command has pitched in the Congress stalwarts - senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Jai Prakash Aggarwal and Muslim leader Hasan Ahmed from the Capital - to woo all classes of voters. Aggarwal has been sent to the hill State to cast a shadow on Bania and other business class electors. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has been dispatched to trumpet about her abilities as a woman Chief Minister who has proved an able administrator. Dikshit has plans to campaign in Pithoragarh on Thursday.
Similarly, minority community leader Hasan Ahmed is also in Uttarakhand to woo Muslim voters in favour of Congress party. Ahmed was the president of the Delhi Pradesh Sewa Dal when Uttarakhand Congress president Harish Rawat was national president of the Congress Sewa Dal. Ahemd has a clean image among the Muslims. Ahmed is wooing electorate in Muslims dominated area.
Earlier, heavy snowfall lashing Mussoorie, Nainital and other parts of Uttarakhand affected campaigning in Uttarakhand. Congress president Sonia Gandhi was also scheduled to visit in Garhwal region on Wednesday but her programme got cancelled at the last moment due to bad weather. Gandhi's tour is being rescheduled for Thursday. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had to cancel his election trip due to inclement weather on Tuesday
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<b>The party also believes that Congress may not be in a very comfortable situation in Uttarakhand as election campaining are not in planned manner.</b>
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<b>Delhi Cong leaders rush to Uttarakhand to help party</b>
Pioneer.com
Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi
<b>Disheartened over the cancellation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi's visit to the State due to inclement weather</b>, Uttarakhand Congress leaders have been pinning their hopes on top Delhi leaders. Services of Delhi Congress leaders have been requisitioned to boost the morale of Congress campaign in Uttarakhand Assembly election which is going to polls on February 21.
The Congress high command has pitched in the Congress stalwarts - senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Jai Prakash Aggarwal and Muslim leader Hasan Ahmed from the Capital - to woo all classes of voters. Aggarwal has been sent to the hill State to cast a shadow on Bania and other business class electors. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has been dispatched to trumpet about her abilities as a woman Chief Minister who has proved an able administrator. Dikshit has plans to campaign in Pithoragarh on Thursday.
Similarly, minority community leader Hasan Ahmed is also in Uttarakhand to woo Muslim voters in favour of Congress party. Ahmed was the president of the Delhi Pradesh Sewa Dal when Uttarakhand Congress president Harish Rawat was national president of the Congress Sewa Dal. Ahemd has a clean image among the Muslims. Ahmed is wooing electorate in Muslims dominated area.
Earlier, heavy snowfall lashing Mussoorie, Nainital and other parts of Uttarakhand affected campaigning in Uttarakhand. Congress president Sonia Gandhi was also scheduled to visit in Garhwal region on Wednesday but her programme got cancelled at the last moment due to bad weather. Gandhi's tour is being rescheduled for Thursday. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had to cancel his election trip due to inclement weather on Tuesday
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<b>The party also believes that Congress may not be in a very comfortable situation in Uttarakhand as election campaining are not in planned manner.</b>
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