The attitude of senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Harish Rawat seems to have changed. A few days ago, he was summoned to Delhi because he was undertaking a trip. After that his journey was stopped. Now the same Harish Rawat is writing that he is not in the race for the post of Chief Minister. Harish Rawat says that there are many qualified and capable people in Congress for the post of Chief Minister. Harish Rawat says that his aim is to form Congress government in Uttarakhand in 2027.
These discussions were strengthened in the Congress after Harish Rawat expressed his desire to contest from Khanpur seat of Haridwar district in the assembly elections proposed early next year. Only after this he posted this. Harish Rawat was the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand from 2014 to 2017. He also raised the issue of alleged scam in mid-day meal for school children and ration given to pregnant women.
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Interestingly, a notice was issued by Congress to Harish Rawat who was carrying out the yatra without the consent of the party. After this he met many senior officials of the Congress organization. After this, when he returned, he did not continue his journey further. He was given strict instructions from the Congress to carry forward only the programs organized by the party and not to undertake any personal journey.
What did Harish Rawat write?
Harish Rawat wrote in his Facebook post on Wednesday, 'My wish is to bring government to Uttarakhand in 2027. After Congress gets majority in 2027, I am not aspiring for the post of Chief Minister nor any other post. By the grace of the Congress Party, I have grown from a small booth level worker to a Union Minister and have also become the Chief Minister of the state. From the President of the District Youth Congress, I have been made the National General Secretary of the Congress and a member of the Congress Working Committee. I neither had the ability nor the ability to do more than this, nor do I have any aspirations.
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He further wrote, 'The whispers about my being in the CM race are unnecessary; There are qualified and capable people for this post in our party. Our aim is to form the Congress government in 2027! Our aim is to overthrow the BJP government and form the Congress government! To achieve this goal, I constantly try to bring to the public's memory the achievements of the Congress government – including the achievements of my tenure as Chief Minister – and in comparison count the failures of the BJP government.
Attacking BJP, Harish Rawat writes, 'Our aim is to provide justice to Uttarakhand's daughter Ankita Bhandari and to bring the VIP responsible for her murder to justice. Along with this, 'Bunty-Babli', who is involved in mid-day meal and food grain scam worth hundreds of crores by snatching food from school children and pregnant sisters (in which a scam of Rs. 210 crore is approved) and building luxurious farm houses and palaces in Bareilly, has to be brought under the grip of the law! And my aim is also to make Uttarakhandiyat an essential part of the policy and programs of the Uttarakhand government.