Summary:
Many poll watchers were seeing the move by Teerath Singh Rawat to collect nomination papers as an indication that the party had finally zeroed in on his candidature. Dehradun: Triggering speculations in political circles, Congress leader Manish Khanduri and former BJP state chief Teerath Singh Rawat were among the nine candidates who collected nomination papers for the Pauri Lok Sabha constituency on Monday. Among others to pick up nomination papers were Pradeep Tamta of Congress (from Almora) and Rajesh Kumar Dwivedi of BSP (from Nainital). A number of names are said to be in the reckoning for Pauri as far as BJP is concerned. From the Tehri constituency, it was sitting BJP MP Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, independent candidate Rajni Rawat and Congress leader Asha Manorama Dobriyal..