Harish Rawat's ‘time to rest’ tweet sparks buzz ahead of Uttarakhand polls
3 years ago

Harish Rawat's ‘time to rest’ tweet sparks buzz ahead of Uttarakhand polls

Hindustan Times  

Former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat on Wednesday posted a cryptic message on Twitter indicating he has not been getting the required support from the organisation ahead of the Assembly elections. Rawat, who is also a member of the Congress Working Committee, said that the government has left many “crocodiles” in the sea - a metaphor for elections - and nominees of those who have ordered him to swim, are “tying up my hands and legs.” The former Uttarakhand CM added that he’s having thoughts of quitting electoral politics. Earlier in January, Rawat insisted that Congress should declare its chief ministerial candidate for 2022 Assembly polls, arguing that the move would end the factionalism and clear confusion among party workers. After Congress named Charanjit Singh Channi, a Dalit Sikh leader, as the chief minister of Punjab, replacing Captain Amarinder Singh, Rawat said he “wants to see a Dalit CM in Uttarakhand also.” “History has been made in Punjab as Congress leadership under party national president Sonia Gandhi, a son of Dalit has been appointed the CM.

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Hemant Soren's fourth stint as Jharkhand Chief Minister, to take oath today
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Hemant Soren's fourth stint as Jharkhand Chief Minister, to take oath today

India Today  

Hemant Soren will take oath as the 14th Chief Minister of Jharkhand today after his Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led coalition won the recently-concluded state elections by securing 56 out of the total 81 Assembly seats. As per a JMM leader, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, MP Rahul Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad …

‘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 …

Uttarakhand bypoll results warning for BJP, rhetoric won't work: Ex-CM Harish Rawat
6 months ago

Uttarakhand bypoll results warning for BJP, rhetoric won't work: Ex-CM Harish Rawat

Hindustan Times  

With Congress set to win in both assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand which voted in the recent bypolls, former chief minister Harish Rawat on Saturday asserted that the state would witness a change in 2027. Congress's Lakhpat Singh Butola won the Badrinath assembly by-election, defeating his nearest rival former minister and MLA BJP's Rajendra Singh Bhandari by 5,224 votes. Read: Congress …

Uttarakhand Election Results 2024 highlights: BJP headed for a landslide victory in all 5 seats
7 months, 1 week ago

Uttarakhand Election Results 2024 highlights: BJP headed for a landslide victory in all 5 seats

The Hindu  

June 04, 2024 19:02 BJP candidates consolidated lead in all 5 Uttarakhand seats BJP candidates consolidated their lead over their nearest rivals in all the five Lok Sabha seats of Uttarakhand as counting progressed on Tuesday. According to the the Election Commission, Union Minister of State for Defence and Tourism Ajay Bhatt is ahead of his nearest rival Congress’ Prakash …

Lok Sabha 2024: It is Rawat vs Rawat in the holy city of Haridwar
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Lok Sabha 2024: It is Rawat vs Rawat in the holy city of Haridwar

The Hindu  

Haridwar Two former Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand — Congress’s Harish Rawat and Bharatiya Janata Party’s Trivendra Rawat — are battling it out in the holy city of Haridwar, believed to be the gateway to salvation by many devout Hindus. In contrast, the BJP has fielded Mr. Trivendra Rawat in place of former CM Ramesh Pokhriyal, who won this seat in …

BJP hopes for a hat-trick in Uttarakhand, but the party has not endeared itself to faujis and farmers
9 months ago

BJP hopes for a hat-trick in Uttarakhand, but the party has not endeared itself to faujis and farmers

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party is aiming to win all five seats in Uttarakhand in the forthcoming Lok Sabha election for the third consecutive time, yet what may prove to be crucial is how such a historic victory will come about. Known for the Char Dham Yatra, Uttarakhand gave the saffron party back-to-back victories in the previous two Lok Sabha elections …

Lok Sabha Election: PM Modi, Amit Shah, Nadda In BJP's Star Campaigners' List For West Bengal
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Election: PM Modi, Amit Shah, Nadda In BJP's Star Campaigners' List For West Bengal

ABP News  

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday released a list of 40 star campaigners for West Bengal who would campaign for party candidates in the state in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections. Key leaders on the list include Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party president JP Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Mithun Chakraborty and others. …

BJP's 5th candidates list for Lok Sabha election: Kangana Ranaut from Mandi, Arun Govil from Meerut
9 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP's 5th candidates list for Lok Sabha election: Kangana Ranaut from Mandi, Arun Govil from Meerut

Hindustan Times  

The BJP on Sunday published the 5th list of 111 candidates for the Lok Sabha election 2024 which included Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut from Mandi and Arun Govil from Meerut. Kangana Ranaut will contest the Lok Sabha election 2024 from Mandi, Ramayan's Ram Arun Govil from Meerut. Abhijit Gangopadhyay gets BJP Lok Sabha ticket days after resigning as Calcutta HC …

Congress U.P. chief Ajay Rai to take on PM Modi in Varanasi
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress U.P. chief Ajay Rai to take on PM Modi in Varanasi

The Hindu  

The Congress on Saturday announced 45 names in its fourth list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls while one seat for the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party in Rajasthan. Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh will contest the Rajgarh seat in the State while Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai has been fielded from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s seat of …

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 …

Shivraj Could Get Vidisha, Vasundhara May Not Make The Cut: Buzz Over BJP Lok Sabha Poll List After Late-Night Meet
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Shivraj Could Get Vidisha, Vasundhara May Not Make The Cut: Buzz Over BJP Lok Sabha Poll List After Late-Night Meet

News 18  

The Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to announce its first list of 100 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections within 24 to 48 hours. The saffron party, which held a poll body meeting in the national capital to take a call on the first list of candidates for the elections scheduled in April-May late on Thursday night, plans to …

Declare PM Candidate First, JD(S) Karntaka Chief Urges INDIA
1 year, 5 months ago

Declare PM Candidate First, JD(S) Karntaka Chief Urges INDIA

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: State president of Janata Dal C.M. Ibrahim on Wednesday asked the leaders of India National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, having 26 political parties, to nominate the Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2024 Lok Sabha first to project him as an alternative leader to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and tell the people about their agenda. He said that the people of …

Anita Katyal | Uddhav should’ve kept home to self; some in Opp. for Sinha grandstand
2 years, 6 months ago

Anita Katyal | Uddhav should’ve kept home to self; some in Opp. for Sinha grandstand

Deccan Chronicle  

Embattled Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray must be ruing the day he agreed to gift the home ministry to the Nationalist Congress party two years ago during their negotiations on distribution of portfolios. * When Charanjit Singh Channi was appointed Punjab chief minister, Nehru-Gandhi scion Rahul Gandhi had announced with grand flourish that he was the state’s first dalit chief …

Presidential polls: Murmu calls Jharkhand Chief Minister to seek support for her candidature
2 years, 6 months ago

Presidential polls: Murmu calls Jharkhand Chief Minister to seek support for her candidature

The Hindu  

Continuing to reach out to opposition leaders, NDA Presidential nominee Droupadi Murmu on Saturday called up JMM supremo and Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren seeking his support for her candidature, sources said. They said Ms. Murmu called Mr. Soren personally and sought support for her candidature. Ms. Murmu had also called Congress president Sonia Gandhi, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, and …

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 …

Will shake-ups in Punjab, Uttarakhand spell more trouble for Congress?
2 years, 8 months ago

Will shake-ups in Punjab, Uttarakhand spell more trouble for Congress?

India Today  

The Congress, in an apparent course correction in Punjab, is redirecting focus on Jat Sikhs, abandoning the experiment to try and consolidate its base among Dalit voters in the state. The party, which was voted out of power in Punjab in the recent elections, has chosen Jat Sikhs for two key posts: Amrinder Singh Raja Warring as the new state …

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 …

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 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 …

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. …

Harish Rawat Election Result 2022 LIVE Updates : Harish Rawat of Congress Loses
2 years, 10 months ago

Harish Rawat Election Result 2022 LIVE Updates : Harish Rawat of Congress Loses

News 18  

Live election result status of key candidate Harish Rawat of INC in the 2022 Uttarakhand Assembly / Vidhan Sabha elections. Opposition Congress campaign committee head and former chief minister Harish Rawat, 72, is contesting a crucial political battle in his five-decade-old political career from Lalkuan in Uttarakhand’s Nanital district. According to the election affidavit submitted with the Election Commission of …

Burst of Closed-door Meetings in BJP and Congress Camps as Exit Polls Predict Cliffhanger in Uttarakhand
2 years, 10 months ago

Burst of Closed-door Meetings in BJP and Congress Camps as Exit Polls Predict Cliffhanger in Uttarakhand

News 18  

Top leaders of both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and opposition Congress are holding closed-door meetings in Dehradun a day after various exit polls gave a hazy picture of the Uttarakhand assembly election outcome. Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami countered, “Most exit polls have shown the BJP ahead in the state. Party national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and union minister …

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 …

Harish Rawat building castles in air even before poll verdict: BJP
2 years, 10 months ago

Harish Rawat building castles in air even before poll verdict: BJP

The Hindu  

The BJP hit back at the Congress leader Harish Rawat for his recent remark that he would either be Chief Minister or sit at home, saying he does not have the patience to wait for the poll verdict and is building castles in the air. "His impatience shows he entered the poll battle just to grab the Chief Minister's chair …

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 poll: Congress releases 2nd list of candidates, fields former CM Harish Rawat from Ramnagar
2 years, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand poll: Congress releases 2nd list of candidates, fields former CM Harish Rawat from Ramnagar

India Today  

Congress on Monday issued its second list of 11 candidates for the Uttarakhand Assembly election, due on February 14. The party has decided to field former chief minister Harish Rawat from Ramnagar. "By contesting from Ramnagar, Harish Rawat will be able to reach out and appeal to people from both regions of Uttarakhand," a Congress CEC member told India Today …

Uttarakhand Assembly Polls 2022 | Col. Rawat not to contest polls
2 years, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand Assembly Polls 2022 | Col. Rawat not to contest polls

The Hindu  

Gen. Bipin Rawat's younger brother Col. Vijay Rawat, who recently joined the BJP, on Sunday said he is not contesting the upcoming assembly polls in Uttarakhand. I am interested only in serving the people of Uttarakhand," Col. Rawat said in an interview to PTI. Col. Rawat, who lives in Jaipur after his retirement five years ago, said Uttarakhand's tourism potential …

Uttarakhand polls: Harak Singh Rawat joins Congress
2 years, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand polls: Harak Singh Rawat joins Congress

Hindustan Times  

Harak Singh Rawat, who was expelled by the Bharatiya Janata Party joined the Congress on Friday, five days after his expulsion from Uttarakhand's ruling party. In joining the Congress, Harak Singh Rawat returned to the party, which he left to join the BJP in 2017. A sitting minister in the Uttarakhand government, the politician was expelled by chief minister Pushkar …

Uttarakhand assembly election: Expelled BJP minister Harak Singh Rawat joins Congress
2 years, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand assembly election: Expelled BJP minister Harak Singh Rawat joins Congress

India Today  

Expelled BJP leader and former state cabinet minister Harak Singh Rawat on Friday joined the Congress party ahead of the Uttarakhand assembly polls. Harak Singh Rawat today took a dig at the BJP, saying, "When Congress wins with full majority on March 10, that will be my apology. DHAMI REMOVED RAWAT Earlier, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami also wrote to …

Harak Singh Rawat meets Congress leaders in Delhi, makes case for his return to party
2 years, 11 months ago

Harak Singh Rawat meets Congress leaders in Delhi, makes case for his return to party

India Today  

Former Uttarakhand Cabinet minister Harak Singh Rawat is learnt to have met senior Congress leaders in New Delhi on Wednesday in a bid to rejoin the party amid increasing opposition to his return. Aware of the increasing opposition to his re-entry into the Congress, Harak Singh Rawat met senior party leaders in Delhi to make his case, sources said. With …

'In The Changed Political Circumstances...': Former U'khand CM Trivendra Rawat Offers Not to Contest Polls
2 years, 11 months ago

'In The Changed Political Circumstances...': Former U'khand CM Trivendra Rawat Offers Not to Contest Polls

News 18  

Former Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has offered not to contest the upcoming assembly polls in Uttarakhand. Trivendra Singh Rawat, who represents the Doiwala constituency in the Uttarakhand assembly, said due to the changed political circumstances in the state, he should not contest the polls. Trivendra Singh Rawat was replaced as the chief minister by Tirath Singh Rawat in …

Uttarakhand Assembly Elections 2022 | Former CM Trivendra Rawat offers not to contest
2 years, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand Assembly Elections 2022 | Former CM Trivendra Rawat offers not to contest

The Hindu  

Former Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has offered not to contest the upcoming assembly polls in Uttarakhand. Trivendra Singh Rawat, who represents the Doiwala constituency in Uttarakhand assembly, said due to the changed political circumstances in the state, he should not contest the polls. Trivendra Singh Rawat was replaced as the chief minister by Tirath Singh Rawat in March …

Uttarakhand Assembly Elections 2022 | Gen. Rawat’s brother joins BJP, praises Modi’s ‘unique’ vision
2 years, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand Assembly Elections 2022 | Gen. Rawat’s brother joins BJP, praises Modi’s ‘unique’ vision

The Hindu  

Late Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat’s younger brother, Colonel Vijay Rawat, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party here on Wednesday, ahead of the party’s decision on candidates for the February 14 Uttarakhand Assembly elections. In another development, former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat wrote to BJP president J.P. Nadda expressing his unwillingness to contest the Assembly elections. Col. …

Uttarakhand\'s politics in flux as leaders switch on poll eve
2 years, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand\'s politics in flux as leaders switch on poll eve

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: A day after the BJP leadership expelled Uttarakhand Cabinet minister Harak Singh Rawat from the party for “anti-party activities”, two ruling party MLAs -- Pradeep Batra and Pranav Singh Champion, who had joined the saffron fold along with Mr Rawat and six others in 2016 after rebelling against the then ruling Congress -- on Monday issued statements asserting …

Uttarakhand Minister Harak Rawat sacked from BJP
2 years, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand Minister Harak Rawat sacked from BJP

The Hindu  

Uttarakhand Minister Harak Singh Rawat was sacked from his post and removed from the BJP on Sunday night, prompting him to say that “if Congress wasn’t winning earlier, it was definitely winning now” and that he will “now initiate talks” with the Congress. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said Mr. Rawat was trying to exert pressure on the BJP to …

Meet Uttarakhand’s Harak Singh Rawat, Man with Tantrums and Ceaseless Ambition
2 years, 11 months ago

Meet Uttarakhand’s Harak Singh Rawat, Man with Tantrums and Ceaseless Ambition

News 18  

Lord Krishna pardoned 100 mistakes of his cousin Shishupala, forewarned him and then pulled out the Sudarshan Chakra. This seems an apt parallel of how the BJP ran out of patience with the tantrums of its minister Harak Singh Rawat in Uttarakhand and finally sacked him on Sunday night, anticipating his return to the Congress. But Harak’s tantrums in seeking …

Uttarakhand Election 2022: Congress will win polls, claims expelled BJP Minister Harak Singh Rawat
2 years, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand Election 2022: Congress will win polls, claims expelled BJP Minister Harak Singh Rawat

India TV News  

Highlights BJP will never understand the problems of the common man, Harak Singh Rawat said I will continue to work for the welfare of people and for the Congress party, Rawat said Rawat also said he did not even attend the BJP core group meeting The Congress party will form a government in Uttarakhand, expelled Bharatiya Janata Party Minister Harak …

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