BJP retains Kedarnath assembly seat in Uttarakhand

The BJP connected Saturday retained the Kedarnath assembly spot successful Uttarakhand, with its campaigner and authorities Mahila Morcha president Asha Nautiyal defeating Congress' Manoj Rawat by 5,622 votes. Nautiyal took an aboriginal pb and maintained it till the end. This is her 3rd triumph from the seat. She was elected to the authorities assembly from Kedarnath successful 2002 and 2007 also.

Nautiyal polled 23,814 votes, Manoj Rawat got 18,192 and Independent campaigner Tribhuvan Singh was successful the 3rd presumption with 9,311 votes, the Election Commission website showed.

This is the 2nd clip successful a enactment that the Congress has mislaid the seat. In the 2022 assembly polls, Manoj Rawat finished 3rd aft BJP's Shaila Rani Rawat and Independent campaigner Kuldeep Singh Rawat.

The bypoll was necessitated by the decease of BJP MLA Shaila Rani Rawat successful July. Polling was held connected November 20 and a elector turnout of 57.64 per cent was recorded.

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said this is simply a "huge victory" for the BJP and the triumph of the improvement enactment carried retired successful Kedarnath nether the enactment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"It is simply a triumph of development, our policies and Sanatan. It is besides a slap connected the faces of those who dispersed each sorts of lies against the authorities authorities successful the run-up to the bypoll," helium said without naming anyone.

Dhami said his authorities is committed to taking improvement to the past idiosyncratic successful Kedarnath.

Uttarakhand BJP president Mahendra Bhatt said, "The voters of Kedarnath person erstwhile again rejected the antagonistic authorities of the Congress. I convey them for erstwhile again placing their spot successful Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and the BJP."