Wednesday, 17 August 2022 | PNS | Dehradun
Former chief minister and senior Congress leader Harish Rawat has deferred his planned protest outside the chief minister’s residence after meeting CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday. Rawat was slated to protest on August 18 on the issue of delay in Panchayat elections in Haridwar district.
Talking to media persons after the meeting, Rawat said that he had requested the CM to ensure that the administration maintains an impartial attitude in the district. The Congress members and social workers in the district should not be harassed. He said that reservation and demarcation had been used as a weapon to stifle the rural leadership in the district by delaying the Panchayat elections. Rawat said that the CM had assured him that the administration will remain impartial.
Rawat said, “I was planning to protest outside the CM residence but it felt odd not having met him first. I met him and discussed issues of the State.” On being asked about the Uttarakhand Subordinate Services Selection Commission paper leak, Rawat said that he had told the CM that stern action should be taken against the guilty. “The CM went one step ahead and told me that the State government will ensure exemplary punishment for those guilty in the paper leak case,” said the former CM.
