Ram Surat Nautiyal, former head of Char Dham Vikas Parishad joins BJP with 15 supporters including 7 village heads

After the joining of two lawmakers in BJP viz. Pritam Singh Panwar, from Dhanaulty and Rajkumar from Purola, Uttarkashi Tehri Garhwal, another important figure of Uttarakhand, former chairman of Char Dham Vikas Parishad and senior BJP leader from Gangotri has joined the saffron party at the BJP headquarter un Dehradun on Thursday. He joined the BJP along with fifteen other local leaders of Gangotri Assembly constituency. Former Chairman of Char Dham Vikas Parishad Ram Surat Nautiyal who is quite popular in Gangotri constituency and Uttarkadhi, Tehri Garhwal was expelled from the party in 2017 after he contested from Gangotri in 2017 assembly elections when he was sidelined and Gopal Singh Rawat was given BJP ticket who had won the seat. However, despite losing the assembly election from Gangotri, Ram Surat Nautiyal had sought 9000 votes as an independent candidate, contesting against the official party candidate Gopal Singh Rawat. The sitting MLA Gopal Singh Rawat had died in April 2021 at the age of 71 suffering from Cancer. There are speculations that Ram Surat Nautiyal has joined BJP since the Gangotri seat has fallen vacant after the sudden demise of the sitting lawmaker due to cancer in the hope to get the ticket. Saying that BJP is his mother and he being its son has every right to claim the ticket from the Gangotri constituency especially after it has fallen vacant after the death of the sitting MLA Gopal Singh Rawat who was quite popular and a grounded leader of the masses. A, committed leader of Jan Sangh since 1969 till 2017 he served in RSS and BJP as a committed and dedicated worker. He was extremely active in the Ram Mandir, Uttarakhand and OBC movements and was jailed as well. Out of 15 persons who joined BJP along with Ram Surat Nautiyal are seven elected Pradhans from Gangotri, Uttarkashi. It may be recalled that in a week’s time three important political leaders who include two MLAs and former chairman of Char Dham Yatra Vikas Parishad Ram Surat Nautiyal have joined BJP giving a jolt to main opposition Congress party who were claiming that several BJP former lawmakers are likely to join them.

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