New Delhi [India], January 23 (ANI): The Congress party has released the list of 53 candidates for the Uttarakhand Assembly elections.

State Congress chief Ganesh Godiyal to contest from Srinagar Assembly seat.

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Yashpal Arya and his son Sanjeev Arya, who joined Congress from BJP in Oct, got tickets from Bajpur and Nainital respectively.

Polls to elect the 70-member Uttarakhand legislative assembly are scheduled to be held on February 14. The counting will take place on March 10. (ANI)

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