Dehradun, March 26 -- Harish Rawat

Dehradun, 24 Mar: Finally, last night, the Congress declared its candidates from Haridwar and Nainital seats. As indicated by Garhwal Post, veteran Congress leader Harish Rawat managed to prevail upon the party's top leadership to grant the ticket to his son Virender Rawat from Haridwar. Though the party had been initially pressurising Harish Rawat to contest from Haridwar, sources say that he had been hesitating to do so. With his daughter Anupama Rawat already a party MLA from Haridwar Rural seat and his son Virender Rawat now a Congress candidate from Haridwar Lok Sabha seat, there is finally a generational shift in the Congress politics in Uttarakhand.

It may also be recalled that Harish Rawat belo...