Those from BJP facing rebel challengers from within the

party are Satpal Maharaj in Chaubatakhal, Pradesh BJP president Ajay Bhatt in Ranikhet, Shailendra Mohan Singhal in Jaspur, Shailarani Rawat in Kedarnath, Subodh Uniyal in Narendra Nagar, Banshidhar in Kaladhungi, Harbhajan Singh Cheema in Kashipur and Gopal Rawat in Gangotri.

Congress's official candidates facing challengers from within who are in the fray as independents include Chief Minister Harish Rawat in Kichcha, PCC president Kishore Upadhyay in Sahaspur, Mantriprasad Naithani in Devprayag, Shailendra Rawat in Yamkeshwar, Sheeshpal Singh in Jwalapur, Balkeishna in Bageshwar and Laxmi Rana in Rudraprayag.

The party is also struggling hard to persuade its official nominee Manmohan Mall to withdraw in favour of ally PDF member and independent candidate from Dhanaulti Pritam Singh Panwar.

However, Mall is in no mood to give up having toured his constituency in a one-to-one contact with voters on Sunday despite party leaders including CM and PCC chief asking him to withdraw.

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