Son Jaspal Rana to campaign for Congress as dad gets BJP ticket

Dehradun | Wednesday | 18th January, 2017

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Better education and healthcare facilities come the next," Narayan Rana told TOI.Having served the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Rana now trains budding shooters at Jaspal Rana Shooting Academy here. In 2012, he left the BJP to join the Congress after he was reportedly denied a ticket in the assembly elections. "Notably, Jaspal was given a BJP ticket to contest the 2009 Lok Sabha polls from the Tehri parliamentary constituency against Congress' Vijay Bahuguna, but he lost. "When asked whether he would like his son to campaign for him, Rana senior said, "It is up to Jaspal. Speaking to TOI, former Asian and Commonwealth gold medallist, Jaspal said he would be campaigning for the Congress in the forthcoming assembly elections..