BJP may field its U'khand chief from Nainital LS seat

Dehradun, Mar 21The BJP may field its Uttarakhand chief Ajay Bhatt from the Nainital Lok Sabha seat and his predecessor Tirath Singh Rawat from Pauri after the sitting MPs decided not to contest this election, party sources said Thursday.
The party’s decision to gamble on new faces from the two parliamentary constituencies came after sitting MP from Nainital Bhagat Singh Koshiyari and Pauri MP Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri decided not to contest this time, they said.

The BJP is likely to field state party president Bhatt from Nainital and his predecessor Rawat from Pauri, the sources said.