Harish Rawat’s Request To Congress Forward Of Punjab, Uttarakhand Polls
Punjab and Uttarakhand cross to polls early subsequent yr (Document)
New Delhi:
Senior Congress chief Harish Rawat, torn between his karmabhoomi and janmabhoomi, lately stated that he’ll request the party management to alleviate him of the duty of the party’s Punjab affairs in-charge as he needs to commit his efforts for his house state of Uttarakhand.
“Issues are getting fraught. Because the polls will means, I can must commit time to each puts (Punjab and Uttarakhand cross to polls early subsequent yr),” he stated in a Fb publish.
Whilst the Congress is looking for to retain energy in Punjab, it objectives to go back to energy through defeating the ruling BJP within the hill state.
It was once in past due August that he first made a identical request, although on the time he stated “if the party asks me to proceed (as Punjab affairs in-charge), I can proceed,” stated Mr Rawat.
This time, alternatively, he turns out decided.
“I’ve made up my thoughts that I can request the party management to permit me to commit myself totally to Uttarakhand. Due to this fact, the party will have to relieve me of my tasks in Punjab,” the chief stated.
“I will do justice to my karmabhoomi (Punjab), provided that I’m able to do proper through my janmabhoomi (Uttarakhand),” he stated, stressing that he has an “emotional bond” with Punjab.
Pointing to the unseasonal rain in Uttarakhand that has claimed a minimum of 46 lives, Mr Rawat stated his Punjab tasks didn’t permit him to trip extensively in his house state to lend a hand folks.
“I may just consult with just a few puts. I sought after to lend a hand ease folks’s ache and achieve everybody however my tasks (in Punjab) had a distinct set of expectancies from me,” he stated.
In Punjab, the Congress continuously seems to be in a firefighting mode. Simply remaining week Punjab unit leader Navjot Singh Sidhu made public his letter to Sonia Gandhi flagging a number of problems. Quickly after, Leader Minister Charanjit Channi stated all issues will probably be resolved and the party’s time table carried out.
Mr Sidhu’s letter, which he put within the public area through posting on Twitter, had indicated that he was once nonetheless no longer glad with Leader Minister Charanjit Singh Channi-led govt over its dealing with of key problems which he has been elevating within the fresh previous.
Mr Channi turned into the executive minister after the unceremonious go out of Congress veteran Amarinder Singh, who were at loggerheads with Mr Sidhu.
