Saket Bahuguna, son of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay
Bahuguna, was on Sunday declared the Congress nominee for the Tehri Lok
Sabha byelection on October 10.
He was given a rousing welcome by party workers at Roorkee and Haridwar on his way here by train.
The seat was vacated by Mr. Vijay Bahuguna six months ago.
The
announcement, made by State Congress president Yashpal Arya on behalf
of party in-charge Choudhary Birendra Singh, ends the hectic lobbying
for the ticket by various leaders in the faction-ridden party.
The
byelection is expected to witness an interesting contest between Mr.
Saket Bahuguna and BJP nominee Maharani Mala Rajlakshmi, daughter-in-law
of the former ruler of Tehri State, Manvendra Shah.
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