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 …
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 …
Jumping parties just before elections is an old phenomenon for ticket aspirants. Prominent leaders like Harak Singh Rawat in Uttarakhand and Imran Masood and Aparna Yadav in Uttar Pradesh would know. In the BJP camp, word is that the latest entrant, Yadav family’s daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav, may also not get a ticket, but could be put up as an MLC …
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 …