Uttarakhand Elections 2017: BJP cracks down on dissidents, Modi to hold four rallies

The Uttarakhand Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday suspended its 33 leaders for six years, due to anti-party activities. As per the reports, the rebel candidates were allegedly fighting against the official candidates who were given tickets by BJP to fight the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttarakhand.

On the other hand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address four rallies in Uttarakhand starting February 10 to drum up support for BJP for the February 15 Assembly elections in the state. The Prime Minister will start with a rally in Haridwar on February 10 to be followed by another in Pithoragarh on February 11 and two each in Shrinagar and Rudrapur on February 12, state BJP media in-charge Devendra Bhasin said.

The campaign scene is gradually gaining momentum in Uttarakhand with both BJP and Congress having already announced their election manifestos and their top brass descending upon the state one after another to hit the campaign trail.

Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and Radha Mohan Singh have already addressed rallies in different parts of the state to garner support for BJP.

Congress star campaigners Sonia Gandhi and Rahul are also likely to address elections rallies in the state over the next few days. 

Uttarakhand will go to polls on February 15, 2017 in a single phase for the 70 seats in the Vidhan Sabha.