Sunday, 06 February 2022 | PNS | Dehradun
The Uttarakhand Raksha Morcha (URM) released its vision document on Saturday stating that the party will run several agitations from the month of May to ensure that the new government addresses all the concerns that were disregarded in the past five years.
Addressing mediapersons in Press Club in Dehradun, the president of the party VK Bahuguna said that the party has released the vision document which will be followed by the four candidates of the party in the ensuing assembly elections. He informed that the party has selected four candidates- Sunderlal Thapliyal, Shekhar Singh Negi, Babli Chauhan and Ramesh Rawat to contest elections from Dharampur, Chaubattakhal, Rishikesh, and Lansdowne respectively. He said that the party’s participation in these elections is just symbolic to represent the issues like land laws, migration, forced religious conversions in villages, apathy towards retired army personnel, unemployment and lack of other basic facilities that political parties fail to talk about during elections. Even if they do, they forget to resolve them after winning the elections. “We have launched the vision document which is not just a manifesto for our candidates but a vision which we will follow irrespective of our win in the elections. We will open the party offices in every block and connect with youths and women to address the issues of the state through several agitations,” stated Bahuguna. He said that his party will actively work from May to resolve various concerns mentioned in the party’s vision document. He said, “The new government does not really start working for one or two months after being elected. Considering this, we have decided to start our agitation from May. We will start with the demand of stringent land laws, the lack of which has severely affected the locals.”
