Dehra Dun: With barely a few days left for Uttarakhand polls, the kin of candidates contesting in the elections have taken centre stage in campaigning.

Aruna Khanduri, wife of current chief minister BC Khanduri, is drumming up support for her husband by camping in Kotdwar, the seat from where he is contesting.

"I will do my best to see that my husband wins with a handsome margin," she said.

Similarly, Aarushi Pokhriyal, daughter of former chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, who is contesting from Doiwala constituency this time, has become a prominent face in local dailies.

With elections round the corner, family members of candidates are leading the charge to seek votes.

Suman Kishore, a mother of two, is trying to woo voters of Jakhanidhar and New Tehri areas in Tehri constituency, where her husband and Congress leader Kishore Upadhayay is seeking to score a hat-trick this time.

"Our campaign is going on very well with the blessings of god. My husband has already won twice from Tehri. With the blessings of people and almighty, he will be third time lucky," Kishore, who is campaigning door-to-door seeking votes, said.

"I hardly get time for my home these days. I remain busy contacting people and seeking votes," Bhavna Agarwal, the wife of Congress leader Dinesh Agarwal who is contesting from Dharampur seat in Dehradun district said.

Amit Kapoor, a BJP leader and son of the speaker of the state assembly Harbans Kapoor, is also trying hard that his father wins for the eighth time in succession from Dehra Dun Cant.

PTI