Bhuwan Chandra Kapri is an Indian politician and a member of

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, who represents

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constituency. On 10 April 2022, Bhuwan Chandra Kapri was elected as the Deputy Leader of Congress Legislative Party (CLP) in the

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. Kapri won the

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Uttarakhand on 14 February 2022 to elect 70 members of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 March 2022. Background The tenure of Uttarakha ...

from

constituency, with a margin of 6579 votes against the incumbent

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Pushkar Singh Dhami Pushkar Singh Dhami (born 16 September 1975) is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, serving as the 10th and the current Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He was elected as MLA in Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha from Khatima ...

. He is also a former Working President of

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and finished as runner up. Kapri has been associated with the

and

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for a long time. He started his political career from Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Govt PG College, Khatima where he became President of the Students’ Union. Previously he also served as the Chairman of Khatima Mandi Council.

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