Haldwani, March 26 -- The Uttarakhand Congress continues to face setbacks one after the other. Today, it was the turn of senior Congress leader and the party's state spokesman, Deepak Balyutia, to resign from the party. Sources close to him claimed that he was a claimant to the party ticket from the Nainital-US Nagar seat and had resigned from the party in protest against it being given to Prakash Joshi. Balyutia is known to have a strong support base in Nainital district and had been lobbying for the party ticket. It may be recalled that, late last night, the Congress had announced Prakash Joshi as the party candidate from Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar seat, and Virender Rawat from Haldwani. In the early years of Uttarakhand, Balyutia was c...