BJP expels Uttarakhand cabinet minister Harak Singh Rawat from party for 6 years, ahead of polls: Sources
2 years, 11 months ago

BJP expels Uttarakhand cabinet minister Harak Singh Rawat from party for 6 years, ahead of polls: Sources

India TV News  

Highlights BJP expels Uttarakhand cabinet minister Harak Singh Rawat from party for 6 years Sources say Harak Singh Rawat has been removed for anti-party activities Uttarakhand will go for assembly polls on February 14 The BJP on Sunday expelled party leader and cabinet minister in Uttarakhand government Harak Singh Rawat for 6 years, ahead of assembly elections. Harak Singh Rawat has also been removed as a cabinet minister in the Uttarakhand government. According to sources, Harak Singh Rawat, who is a sitting MLA from Kotdwar, wanted to change his seat to Kedarnath. He was also asking the party to field his daughter-in-law from the Lansdown seat where BJP has its sitting MLA.

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Uttarakhand Bypoll Results 2024 Live: Will BJP retain Kedarnath seat?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Uttarakhand Bypoll Results 2024 Live: Will BJP retain Kedarnath seat?

India TV News  

Uttarakhand Bypoll Results 2024 Live: The crucial vote counting began on the Uttarakhand's Kedarnath seat. The Election Commission of India will announce the result of the Uttarakhand bypoll held in the Kedarnath Assembly constituency. Kedarnath seat in Rudraprayag district fell vacant after the death of BJP MLA Shaila Rani Rawat in July this year. The booths were monitored by the …

‘Do not impose decisions, respect cadre,’ former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat says at BJP meet
5 months, 4 weeks ago

‘Do not impose decisions, respect cadre,’ former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat says at BJP meet

The Hindu  

Former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader, Tirath Singh Rawat, said that decisions within the party should be taken after consulting everyone and must not be imposed. “Do not impose,” Mr. Rawat said from the stage while praising how lower level party workers are working hard in the field which is why the BJP has secured …

Modi 3.0 Cabinet: Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh among top 4 ministers who retain their portfolios
7 months ago

Modi 3.0 Cabinet: Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh among top 4 ministers who retain their portfolios

Hindustan Times  

Narendra Modi Union Cabinet Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's top four ministers – Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar – have retained their respective home, defence, finance and external affairs portfolios. Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs the first meeting of his new Cabinet, attended by the newly inducted ministers, at the prime minister's 7, Lok Kalyan Marg …

Modi 3.0 Cabinet: List of leaders dropped as ministers in third term of BJP-led NDA government
7 months ago

Modi 3.0 Cabinet: List of leaders dropped as ministers in third term of BJP-led NDA government

India TV News  

Modi 3.0 Cabinet: Narendra Modi on Sunday took oath as Prime Minister of India for the third consecutive time along with his new Cabinet and Council of Ministers. Leader Name Party Post held in Modi 2.0 Govt 1 Smriti Irani BJP Minority Affairs Minister of India since 2022 2 Anurag Thakur BJP Minister of Information and Broadcasting 3 Sanjeev Baliyan …

Haryana political crisis: JJP writes to Governor seeking immediate floor test
8 months ago

Haryana political crisis: JJP writes to Governor seeking immediate floor test

Deccan Chronicle  

Chandigarh: JJP leader Dushyant Chautala has written to Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya, saying the Nayab Singh Saini government no longer commands a majority and sought an immediate floor test.Three Independent MLAs had withdrawn their support to the Saini government in the state on Tuesday, reducing the Nayab Singh Saini government to a minority in the state assembly. "It is evident …

After being named Hisar LS candidate, Haryana minister Ranjit Chautala resigns as MLA
9 months, 2 weeks ago

After being named Hisar LS candidate, Haryana minister Ranjit Chautala resigns as MLA

Deccan Chronicle  

Chandigarh, Mar 26 Haryana minister Ranjit Singh Chautala, who has been named by the BJP as its candidate from Hisar Lok Sabha seat after he joined the party, has resigned from the membership of the state assembly, officials said on Tuesday. Chautala and industrialist and former Congress MP Naveen Jindal joined the BJP on Sunday and were named as the …

Harak Singh Rawat's daughter-in-law quits Congress
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Harak Singh Rawat's daughter-in-law quits Congress

The Hindu  

Former Uttarakhand Forest Minister Harak Singh Rawat's daughter-in-law, Anukriti Gusain, has quit the Congress citing personal reasons. In a letter addressed to the State Congress president, Ms. Gusain on Saturday said she was resigning from the primary membership of the party for personal reasons. A former beauty pageant winner, Ms. Gusain had unsuccessfully contested the 2022 Assembly polls from Lansdowne …

Barabanki BJP MP vows not to contest polls ’until proven innocent’
10 months, 1 week ago

Barabanki BJP MP vows not to contest polls ’until proven innocent’

Live Mint  

A day after a fake 'obscene video' of Bharatiya Janata Party parliamentarian Upendra Singh Rawat went viral on social media, Rawat withdrew his candidature from the Barabanki seat in Uttar Pradesh. Rawat, a sitting MP from Barabanki, was earlier named in the BJP's first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Rawat's secretary Dinesh Chandra Rawat filed a …

BJP candidate Upendra Singh Rawat drops out of Lok Sabha polls amid 'obscene video' row
10 months, 1 week ago

BJP candidate Upendra Singh Rawat drops out of Lok Sabha polls amid 'obscene video' row

Hindustan Times  

BJP MP Upendra Singh Rawat on Monday opted out of Lok Sabha elections amid the ongoing controversy around a viral obscene video which he has termed fake. BJP MP Upendra Singh Rawat “An edited video of mine is being made viral which is generated by DeepFake AI technology, for which I have lodged an FIR,” Rawat said in a social …

BJP candidate Upendra Singh Rawat’s fake’ obscene video goes viral, case filed
10 months, 1 week ago

BJP candidate Upendra Singh Rawat’s fake’ obscene video goes viral, case filed

Live Mint  

A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party fielded its Barabanki MP Upendra Singh Rawat from the same seat, his ‘forged’ obscene video surfaced on social media platforms on Sunday, said police. Police sources informed the news agency PTI that in the video circulated online, a man is seen in an objectionable position with a woman, and the person seen in …

Union Cabinet Reshuffle Expected in Second Week of July
1 year, 6 months ago

Union Cabinet Reshuffle Expected in Second Week of July

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The much-anticipated Union Cabinet reshuffle is likely to take place in the second week of July. The conspicuous absence of Union minister G. Kishan Reddy from the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, a day after his appointment as the Telangana BJP president, raised many questions. Though there is no official comment from the …

Speculation Rife On MP Cabinet Rejig, 12 Fresh Faces Likely To Be Included In Govt
1 year, 10 months ago

Speculation Rife On MP Cabinet Rejig, 12 Fresh Faces Likely To Be Included In Govt

ABP News  

The process of reshuffling the cabinet has once more become more intense in Madhya Pradesh. According to the speculation, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan might make one last cabinet reshuffle to get rid of anti-incumbency. A day ago, Shivraj Singh Chouhan was called to Delhi, where he met BJP President JP Nadda and National General Secretary BL Santosh. The Bharatiya Janata …

Major reshuffle in Gujarat cabinet ahead of upcoming Assembly elections
2 years, 4 months ago

Major reshuffle in Gujarat cabinet ahead of upcoming Assembly elections

Firstpost  

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has stripped cabinet ministers Rajendra Trivedi and Purnesh Modi of the revenue and the road and building portfolios, respectively, ahead of the Assembly elections Gandhinagar: With a few months left for the Assembly elections in Gujarat, the state government made a major rejig in the cabinet on Saturday night. According to the state government notification, …

Ashok Gehlot may go for a cabinet reshuffle after Rajya Sabha polls: Party leaders
2 years, 7 months ago

Ashok Gehlot may go for a cabinet reshuffle after Rajya Sabha polls: Party leaders

Hindustan Times  

JAIPUR: Rajasthan police on Tuesday issued a notice to Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker Chandrakanta Meghwal in a five-year-old assault case and Congress leaders in the state spoke about the possibility of a cabinet reshuffle to accommodate more MLAs after June 10, both developments linked to the Rajya Sabha polls scheduled for that day. A senior Congress leader aware of the …

Uttarakhand bypolls | 'You'll be voting CM, not just MLA,' Yogi tells people in Dhami's poll campaign
2 years, 7 months ago

Uttarakhand bypolls | 'You'll be voting CM, not just MLA,' Yogi tells people in Dhami's poll campaign

The Hindu  

As Champawat goes to bypoll on May 31, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday urged the people in the assembly constituency to vote overwhelmingly in favour of Pushkar Singh Dhami, saying they were "electing a chief minister and not just an MLA". BJP's Kailash Gehtori, who had won from this constituency in the February Assembly polls, later vacated …

Uttarakhand by-polls: Pushkar Dhami, who will contest from Champawat, to visit constituency tomorrow
2 years, 8 months ago

Uttarakhand by-polls: Pushkar Dhami, who will contest from Champawat, to visit constituency tomorrow

Hindustan Times  

Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who needs to win the upcoming by-polls to save his chair and will contest from Champawat, will visit the constituency tomorrow, he said on Sunday. Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Dhami Dhami, who lost his traditional Khatima constituency from where he contested and won the 2012 and 2017 state polls, will be up against the …

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami to contest bypoll from Champawat
2 years, 8 months ago

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami to contest bypoll from Champawat

Hindustan Times  

Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who is not a member of the state legislative assembly, will contest the upcoming by-election from the Champawat seat, announced the BJP on Thursday. Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami The Election Commission on Monday announced the schedule for the bypolls in three assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand, Kerala and Odisha. Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Kailash …

Portfolios allotted to Uttarakhand ministers, CM Dhami in charge of over two dozen depts
2 years, 9 months ago

Portfolios allotted to Uttarakhand ministers, CM Dhami in charge of over two dozen depts

Firstpost  

Chandan Ram Das, a first-time minister, has got the charge of social welfare, minority welfare, road transport and micro, small and medium enterprises department. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has kept the charge of over two dozen departments to himself. Ganesh Joshi has been made minister of agriculture and farmers’ welfare, Sainik Kalyan and rural development. Rekha Arya has been …

UP Cabinet List 2022: Fresh Faces This Time As Yogi Adityanath Set To Take Oath
2 years, 9 months ago

UP Cabinet List 2022: Fresh Faces This Time As Yogi Adityanath Set To Take Oath

ABP News  

New Delhi: With Yogi Adityanath all set to be sworn-in as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second consecutive term later in the day, it is now being keenly watched as to which leaders will find a place in the new Cabinet. In addition, Brajesh Pathak, J P S Rathore, Nitin Agarwal, Asim Arun, Kapil Dev Agarwal, Ravindra …

Dhami Cabinet 2.0: A Mixed Bag of Experienced And Newbies, Several Old Hands Cut Off
2 years, 9 months ago

Dhami Cabinet 2.0: A Mixed Bag of Experienced And Newbies, Several Old Hands Cut Off

News 18  

The cabinet of 46-year-old Pushkar Singh Dhami, Uttarakhand’s 12th chief minister, is a mixed bag of new and experienced faces. Party insiders say he could vacate the seat for chief minister Dhami, who will have to get elected to the state assembly in six months’ time after losing the MLA election recently. Two Brahmin faces – Ganesh Joshi and Subodh …

Uttarakhand Cabinet 2022: Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami Cabinet Ministers Name Full List
2 years, 9 months ago

Uttarakhand Cabinet 2022: Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami Cabinet Ministers Name Full List

ABP News  

New Delhi: Pushkar Singh Dhami will be sworn in as the Chief Minister Of Uttarakhand for the second term and along with him eight newly-elected MLAs will take oath as ministers today. Here is the list of MLAs who will be taking the oath today: Dhan Singh Rawat Ganesh Joshi Rekha Arya Subodh Uniyal Saurav Bahuguna Premchand Agarwal Chandan Ram …

Uttarakhand: Pushkar Singh Dhami elected as leader of Legislature Party, to continue as CM
2 years, 9 months ago

Uttarakhand: Pushkar Singh Dhami elected as leader of Legislature Party, to continue as CM

Op India  

On March 21, Bharatiya Janata Party announced that Pushkar Singh Dhami had been elected as the leader of the Legislature Party in Uttarakhand. He further added his government would work on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to make Uttarakhand one of the leading states. Pushkar Singh Dhami elected leader of BJP legislative party in Uttarakhand, to continue as CM Read …

Newly elected Uttarakhand MLAs to take oath at 11 am today
2 years, 9 months ago

Newly elected Uttarakhand MLAs to take oath at 11 am today

India Today  

Following the BJP's victory in the recently concluded Uttarakhand Assembly election, the newly elected MLAs will take their oath at a ceremony at the Vidhan Sabha in Dehradun at 11 am on Monday. The pro-tem Speaker in the Uttarakhand Assembly, Bansidhar Bhagat, has confirmed the same Later in the evening, the next chief minister of state will be decided at …

Who will be Uttarakhand CM? BJP leaders hold meet today; Trivendra Rawat says have many options
2 years, 9 months ago

Who will be Uttarakhand CM? BJP leaders hold meet today; Trivendra Rawat says have many options

India Today  

Days after the Bharatiya Janata Party won the majority in the recently concluded Uttarakhand assembly elections, the party is now huddled up to decide on the Chief Ministerial face. Regarding the decision on the CM face, Rawat said, "We have many options for the CM face." When asked if the party's poll performance was a result of his efforts since …

Curious case of Harish Rawat, a popular leader who fails to win election in Uttarakhand
2 years, 9 months ago

Curious case of Harish Rawat, a popular leader who fails to win election in Uttarakhand

India Today  

Losing an election is no big deal, especially for veterans. It isn’t thus surprising that when pollsters surveyed Uttarakhand in their exit polls during assembly election, Harish Rawat was among the frontrunners in people’s preference for the next chief minister. In 1991, 1996, 1998 and 1999 Harish Rawat contested from the same seat on his home-turf but was defeated by …

Accused of Selling Congress Tickets, Harish Rawat Seeks His Own Expulsion from Party
2 years, 10 months ago

Accused of Selling Congress Tickets, Harish Rawat Seeks His Own Expulsion from Party

News 18  

Senior Congress leader Harish Rawat Tuesday sought his own expulsion from the party, apparently upset after Uttarakhand Congress working president Ranjeet Rawat accused him of selling tickets for the assembly elections which the party lost badly. Rawat, who was the Congress’s campaign committee chairman, said the accusation became all the more serious because of the stature of the person making …

BJP top brass to deliberate on next Uttarakhand CM in the coming week
2 years, 10 months ago

BJP top brass to deliberate on next Uttarakhand CM in the coming week

Firstpost  

While the saffron party retained power in the state, sitting chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami lost from the Khatima constituency New Delhi: Even after retaining power in Uttarakhand breaking the usual trend of alternative parties winning the state Assembly election, the battle has not ended for the Bharatiya Janata Party yet as they face another task to decide on the …

The Many Myths That Continue Their Winning Streak in Uttarakhand Politics
2 years, 10 months ago

The Many Myths That Continue Their Winning Streak in Uttarakhand Politics

News 18  

Breaking the trend of swinging politics that never allowed the same party two consecutive terms in power, the BJP won 47 out of Uttarakhand’s 70 assembly constituencies in the recent elections. The party will form the government, but who will be the chief minister is still not known as pre-decided face Pushkar Singh Dhami lost the contest for the Khatima …

Uttarakhand Result 2022: How Congress Threw Away A Great Opportunity In A Way Only Congress Could
2 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand Result 2022: How Congress Threw Away A Great Opportunity In A Way Only Congress Could

ABP News  

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory! A Divided House Less than two months before the state went to polls, Congress leader and former chief minister Harish Rawat took to social media to take on his own party organisation, accusing the "powers that be" of letting loose the "crocodiles in the sea of elections" where he was left to swim …

BJP weighs options in U'Khand for CM post
2 years, 10 months ago

BJP weighs options in U'Khand for CM post

Hindustan Times  

The Uttarakhand assembly poll result has presented the BJP with a dilemma of sorts as it weighs various options after outgoing chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami who was tipped to continue in the post lost the election even as the party stormed back to power. Dehradun: Former Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat feeds sweets to BJP State President Madan …

BJP Likely to Choose U'khand CM from 2022 Poll Winners to Avoid Repeat of Tirath Rawat Fiasco
2 years, 10 months ago

BJP Likely to Choose U'khand CM from 2022 Poll Winners to Avoid Repeat of Tirath Rawat Fiasco

News 18  

With the incumbent Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami losing the election from Khatima, the BJP leadership held crucial meet on Thursday to discuss names for the top job in the state. Top sources in the BJP also said it is considering to choose the CM from the elected representatives as they do not want a repeat of the fiasco …

The Secret Sauce Behind BJP’s Comfortable Victory in Uttarakhand
2 years, 10 months ago

The Secret Sauce Behind BJP’s Comfortable Victory in Uttarakhand

News 18  

Successful implementation of Narendra Modi government’s pro-poor and social welfare-related schemes with a special focus on women’s upliftment has contributed largely to the BJP getting a comfortable majority in Uttarakhand with 48 seats. Undoubtedly, many of these PM flagship schemes and centrally- “BJP’s was a more than expected victory in the current polls and was rather a foregone conclusion keeping …

Dhan Singh Rawat, Satpal Maharaj among frontrunners for next Uttarakhand CM's job
2 years, 10 months ago

Dhan Singh Rawat, Satpal Maharaj among frontrunners for next Uttarakhand CM's job

India TV News  

Highlights BJP MLAs Dhan Singh Rawat and Satpal Maharaj are leading ahead in the race for next U'khand CM. The Bharatiya Janata Party is facing an uphill task to decide who will sit at the helm of affairs in Uttarakhand where the party returned to power for a second consecutive term but its incumbent CM Pushkar Singh Dhami lost the …

BJP wins Uttarakhand, Pushkar Singh Dhami fails to dodge trend of CMs losing own seat
2 years, 10 months ago

BJP wins Uttarakhand, Pushkar Singh Dhami fails to dodge trend of CMs losing own seat

India Today  

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami has lost his assembly seat - Khatima - to Bhuwan Chand Kapri of the Congress. While BJP is yet to issue an official statement on whether he will continue as the chief minister of Uttarakhand, where the party has won 47 out of 70 seats, Pushkar Singh Dhami was seen celebrating the party's victory in …

Uttarakhand polls: BJP creates history with back-to-back victories; CM Dhami, Rawat go down to defeat – Firstpost
2 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand polls: BJP creates history with back-to-back victories; CM Dhami, Rawat go down to defeat – Firstpost

Firstpost  

The pundits predicted a close contest, but in the end BJP prevailed with a comfortable majority. Harish Rawat lost from Haridwar and Kichcha seats in 2017, BC Khanduri lost from Kotdwar in 2012 and Uttarakhand’s first chief minister Nityanand Swami was defeated from Laxman Chowk seat in 2002. Former Uttarakhand chief minister and senior Congress leader Harish Rawat lost from …

Will re-invent myself: Ex-Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat concedes defeat from Lalkuwa
2 years, 10 months ago

Will re-invent myself: Ex-Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat concedes defeat from Lalkuwa

India Today  

Congress leader and former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat conceded defeat after the trends indicated that he was set to lose poll from the Lalkuwa Assembly constituency. A five-time MP and former Union minister, Harish Rawat even said that he was ready to restart his political journey from the grassroot level if the party's senior leadership would allow him. However, …

Uttarakhand Result 2022: Decoding The Incumbency Vote For Ruling BJP Whose Sitting CM Lost
2 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand Result 2022: Decoding The Incumbency Vote For Ruling BJP Whose Sitting CM Lost

ABP News  

Twenty years ago, when the state of Uttarakhand was carved out of Uttar Pradesh, the people were looking for a chance to forge their own destiny independent of the huge state. Uttarakhand, which had until now alternately voted for the BJP or the Congress in subsequent elections, chose the incumbent government in the 2022 assembly elections in spite of the …

Ruling BJP set to secure 2nd consecutive poll win in Uttarakhand; Dhami, Rawat trail
2 years, 10 months ago

Ruling BJP set to secure 2nd consecutive poll win in Uttarakhand; Dhami, Rawat trail

Deccan Chronicle  

Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Congress leader Harish Rawat, who led the campaigns of their respective parties in the assembly polls, were trailing on their respective seats on Thursday. The ruling BJP looked all set to secure a second consecutive term in office in Uttarakhand leading in 44 out of the total 70 seats, according to latest …

Uttarakhand Assembly Elections: Harish Rawat, Former CM and Senior Congress Leader, Loses by Big Margin in Lalkuwa
2 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand Assembly Elections: Harish Rawat, Former CM and Senior Congress Leader, Loses by Big Margin in Lalkuwa

News 18  

The counting of voting for hill state Uttarakhand is underway. The counting of votes for the recently held polls to the 70-member Uttarakhand Assembly has shown a defeat to one of the popular candidates for Uttarakhand, former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat. As per the voting trends, the 72-year-old, former Uttarakhand CM, and senior Congress leader Harish Rawat have lost …

BJP ahead in 44 seats, CM Dhami leads with slender margin; Harish Rawat trails
2 years, 10 months ago

BJP ahead in 44 seats, CM Dhami leads with slender margin; Harish Rawat trails

Hindustan Times  

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was ahead of the Congress in Uttarakhand with 44 of its party candidates leading on Thursday, according to early trends available. Routed in the 2017 Assembly polls with a tally of 11 seats against the BJP's 57, the Congress, led by former CM Harish Rawat, is trying to stage a comeback. Besides Dhami, prominent BJP …

Uttarakhand: Harish Rawat trails in Lalkuwa; daughter Anupama leads in Haridwar
2 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand: Harish Rawat trails in Lalkuwa; daughter Anupama leads in Haridwar

Live Mint  

Uttarakhand election results 2022: Counting of votes has begun in Uttarakhand on Thursday and according to the election commission, BJP is ahea din 44 assembly seats while the Congress is leading in only 22 seats. Uttarakhand election 2022 latest updates Harish Rawat trails by over 10,000 votes from Lalkuwa seat Senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister Harish Rawat is …

Uttarakhand election result updates | BJP wins 47 seats in Uttarakhand, Congress gets 19
2 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand election result updates | BJP wins 47 seats in Uttarakhand, Congress gets 19

The Hindu  

With the counting of votes began in Uttarakhand on March 10, 2022, the ruling BJP secured a comfortable lead and set to retain power with its candidates are ahead in most Assembly seats while the main opposition Congress was way behind, according to poll trends available. Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat of Congress was also defeated by BJP's Dr. …

BJP strategists discuss post-poll scenarios in Uttarakhand
2 years, 10 months ago

BJP strategists discuss post-poll scenarios in Uttarakhand

India TV News  

Highlights BJP leaders in Uttarakhand have begun internal confabulations over the possible post-poll scenarios Party strategist Kailash Vijayvargiya discussed how party will fare with Union minister Nishank Congress's Harish Rawat also dicussed with party members the possible post poll results Ahead of the assembly poll results, BJP leaders and strategists in Uttarakhand have begun internal confabulations over the possible post-poll …

Congress Will Form Govt in Uttarakhand, Request Sonia Gandhi to Decide CM Face: Harish Rawat
2 years, 10 months ago

Congress Will Form Govt in Uttarakhand, Request Sonia Gandhi to Decide CM Face: Harish Rawat

News 18  

Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Saturday claimed that the Congress party will form government in the state and said he will request Sonia Gandhi to take a call on the chief ministerial candidate. Speaking to reporters, the senior Congress leader said, “Congress party is going to form the government in Uttarakhand. It clearly shows that BJP is going …

Uttarakhand Assembly Elections 2022: Key electoral battles to watch for in hill state
2 years, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand Assembly Elections 2022: Key electoral battles to watch for in hill state

Firstpost  

The ruling BJP is seeking a consecutive second term in office in the state while the Congress is trying to make a comeback after being routed in the 2017 Assembly polls It’s a battle between Congress veteran Harish Rawat and the BJP’s youth bet Pushkar Singh Dhami as the hill state of Uttarakhand goes to polls for its 70 members’ …

Uttarakhand Election: Stakes High for Dhami, Cong’s Poster Boy Rawat; Acid Test for Newbie AAP
2 years, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand Election: Stakes High for Dhami, Cong’s Poster Boy Rawat; Acid Test for Newbie AAP

News 18  

Uttarakhand votes today in a closely fought election between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and opposition Congress. In contrast is the Congress’s poster boy and former chief minister, Harish Rawat, 72, who also happens to be the head of his party’s campaign committee. Among the top leaders of the Congress, former chief minister Harish Rawat is the tallest leader besides …

Uttarakhand Polls | Nobody In Congress Has Objections To My Name As CM Candidate: Harish Rawat
2 years, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand Polls | Nobody In Congress Has Objections To My Name As CM Candidate: Harish Rawat

ABP News  

Lalkuan: Asserting the Congress is contesting the Uttarakhand Assembly elections under his leadership, Congress leader Harish Rawat on Sunday said nobody in the party has any objections on his name as the chief ministerial candidate. Rawat called the Congress move a “strategic matter” when asked on the issue of him not being announced the chief ministerial candidate unlike Punjab. The …

Uttarakhand polls | BJP evoking General Bipin Rawat's death for votes: Harish Rawat
2 years, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand polls | BJP evoking General Bipin Rawat's death for votes: Harish Rawat

India Today  

On the last day of Utatakhand's election campaign, former Chief Minister Harish Rawat slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party, claiming that the saffron party was capitalising on people's sentiments by evoking General Bipin Rawat's death. "Efforts are being made to capitalise on people's sentiments by using General Rawat's name. Further, he accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of claiming the development work …

Uttarakhand polls: 4-time MLA Harak Singh Rawat not in fray for first time in 2 decades
2 years, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand polls: 4-time MLA Harak Singh Rawat not in fray for first time in 2 decades

India Today  

With all parties having announced their candidates for the February 14 Uttarakhand election, former cabinet minister Harak Singh Rawat has emerged as the most prominent face to have been left out of the poll fray. READ | Uttarakhand poll: Congress releases 2nd list of candidates, fields former CM Harish Rawat from Ramnagar Meanwhile, Harak Singh Rawat is likely to throw …

Uttarakhand polls 2022 | Dhami will lead govt. for 5 years, says Amit Shah
2 years, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand polls 2022 | Dhami will lead govt. for 5 years, says Amit Shah

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday told voters in Uttarakhand that Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami had the “blessing” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and would lead the party’s government for five years. In an address to ex-servicemen in the State, Mr. Shah said that “under the leadership of our young Chief Minister Dhami, in the next five years …

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