Amid fresh turmoil in Punjab Congress, AICC in-charge of state Harish Rawat on Wednesday said there is no threat to the party or government and ministers who met him conveyed that they want to go to the polls with a clear roadmap for victory. Punjab is scheduled to go to the polls early next year. […]
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Congress to contest 2022 Punjab polls under Amarinder Singh’s leadership, says Harish Rawat
Amid the fresh turmoil in Punjab Congress, AICC in charge of the state Harish Rawat said the party will contest the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections under the leadership of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh. Briefing mediapersons after a meeting with a delegation of Punjab Ministers and MLAs at his residence here, Rawat said, “We will contest […]
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Harish Rawat assures turmoil in Punjab Congress to be resolved soon
Amid the fresh turmoil in Punjab Congress, AICC in-charge of the state Harish Rawat on Wednesday said that the party had an idea of turning up of possible issues after the organisation changes in the state unit. However, he said that Congress will look into the matter and find a solution. Speaking to ANI, Rawat said, […]
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Sonia Gandhi yet to take decision on Punjab Congress, says Harish Rawat
Congress leader Harish Rawat said on Friday said that party chief Sonia Gandhi is yet to take a decision regarding proposed changes in Punjab Congress. He made the remarks after a meeting with Sonia Gandhi in which party leader Navjot Singh Sidhu was also present. “I came here to submit […]
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Uttarakhand CM’s resignation due to constitutional compulsion is biggest lie: Congress’s Harish Rawat
Veteran Congress leader Harish Rawat on Friday said Tirath Singh Rawat’s resignation as Uttarakhand Chief Minister due to constitutional compulsion and byelections cannot be held in the state due to COVID is the biggest lie. “What can be a bigger lie than this that byelections cannot be held in Uttarakhand due to COVID and the chief minister is resigning […]
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Amarinder Singh to meet party panel over factionalism in Punjab Congress: Harish Rawat
Congress leader Harish Rawat on Wednesday informed that Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will appear before the party’s three-member panel formed by Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi to resolve factionalism in Punjab Congress by Thursday evening or Friday morning in Delhi. “Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh will meet the party’s three-member panel, […]
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Congress leader Harish Rawat, his family members test positive for Covid-19
Congress leader and former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat has tested positive for COVID-19. Four members of Rawat’s family have also tested positive for the virus. “I got myself tested. My test report came positive and four members of my family have also tested positive. Those who have come into my contact till noon […]
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BJP guilty of bringing political instability in Uttarakhand: Harish Rawat
Shortly after Trivendra Singh Rawat resigned as chief minister of Uttarakhand, Congress leader and former Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Tuesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of bringing political instability in the state, adding that the party has no right to form government in the state. He further alleged that a change of leadership […]
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Former CM Harish Rawat said Congress party should declare Chief Ministerial face for the upcoming elections in order to fight the ‘Modi aura’
Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Monday said that the Congress party should declare Chief Ministerial face for the upcoming elections in order to fight the ‘Modi aura’. “Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) makes every election as Modi vs Who. This only benefits BJP. If we fight the assembly elections with a local face then BJP will […]
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Alarm bells for Congress in Uttarakhand as former CM upset with State unit
With almost a year left for the Uttarakhand Assembly polls, differences within the Congress have come to the fore as former state Chief Minister Harish Rawat, who has suggested that the party should project a chief ministerial face, seems upset with the working style of the party. In a tweet Rawat addressed to Congress in-charge of Uttarakhand Devendra Yadav, Rawat […]
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Former chief minister Harish Rawat shakes Uttarakhand politics with his spate of protests
Former chief minister of Uttarakhand and senior Congress leader Harish Rawat has been holding protests against the ruling BJP on various issues. His protests in the last three days have stirred the state politics, forcing the ruling BJP to come up with a counter as well as leaving his party […]
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CBI case against Uttarakhand ex-CM Harish Rawat, two others over ‘horse-trading’
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday filed a case against three people, including former Uttarakhand chief minister and Congress leader Harish Rawat, for alleged horse-trading attempts in 2016. Uttarakhand minister Harak Singh Rawat, who defected to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from the Congress in May 2016, […]