Degradun: Uttarakhand has several female ministers and no principal minister until now but the constituency of Yamkeshwar in Bukit Pauri Garhwal, always chose women since the country was formed in 2000.
This chair has a total of 90,638 voters, including a total of 90,638 voters almost Half (42,075) is a woman.
From the election of the first assembly in 2002 to one in 2012, BJP leader Vijaya Barthwal won from the chair for three straight terms.
In 2002, he defeated Sarojini Kastiga from Congress with a margin of 1,447 votes.
In 2007, he defeated Renu Bisk from Congress by 2,841 votes and in 2012, won again with a comfortable margin.
He also served as a minister of cabinet in government B C Khanduri and Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.
Assembly Selection 2022: Complete poll schedule Coverage The election of the election of the election of Manipur’s election in 2017, BJP gave Yamkeshwar tickets to Khanduri, the daughter of the former BC Khanduri minister’s head, and he also won from here.
This time, BJP has lowered Bisk Renu, which was contested as independent of the chair in 2017 and got a maximum sound after Khanduri.
Bisht opposed six other male competitors from the chair and if he won, Yamkeshwar’s reputation as a ‘fortress woman’ would remain.
Doon Anoop Nutiyal analyst said, “It looks more like a coincidence than a well-made strategy by the parties.
That said, the woman is the backbone of democracy in the hills, more than 33 hill assembly seats during the 2017 assembly poll.” Incidentally, coincidence, Apart from the gram Sabhas, women’s participation in the mainstream politics in the state remains low.
At present, besides Ritu Khanduri in Yamkeshwar, there are only four MLA women in Uttarakhand.