Summary:
Dehradun, Jan 28 (PTI) With all parties having announced their candidates for the February 14 Uttarakhand election, former cabinet minister Harak Singh Rawat has emerged as the most prominent face to have been left out of the poll fray.
It is for the first time in the two-decade old electoral history of Uttarakhand that Rawat -- the veteran of many a poll battle is not contesting.
The Kotdwar MLA, who was recently expelled from the BJP for allegedly insisting on a ticket for both himself and his daughter-in-law, had rejoined the Congress on January 22.
Despite returning to the Congress fold, he could not get a ticket for himself while his reinduction too was not smooth.
However, the four-time MLA"s daughter-in-law and former Femina Miss India contestant Anukriti Gusain did get a Congress ticket from Lansdowne.
Harak Singh Rawat has been saying that he is not keen to contest, but would do so if asked by the party.