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Rawat & PCC chief symbolically launch Congress poll campaign

Monday, 02 August 2021 | PNS | Dehradun

Godiyal says time has come for BJP to quit U’khand

The Congress Uttarakhand election campaign committee head Harish Rawat and the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Ganesh Godiyal symbolically launched the party’s election campaign for the coming Assembly elections. The duo hoisted the party’s flag at Rawat’s residence on Old Mussoorie Road to launch the party’s election campaign on Sunday.

Addressing the gathering of party workers on the occasion, the PCC president recalled the call for Quit India Movement given in the beginning of August and said that it is now time for the Bharatiya Janata Party also to quit Uttarakhand. He opined that the BJP had divided the people and made tall claims to form its government. “In a period of three months, the BJP has set the record of giving three chief ministers to Uttarakhand. On the other hand, the Congress state government under Harish Rawat had taken development to the last person. Many of the schemes introduced by him were stopped by the BJP government. Even the 18 types of pensions started by the Congress government were discontinued by the BJP government. The youths of the state are looking for jobs, price rise is at its peak while people of all sections are hassled. The central and state governments, lost in their arrogance are harassing the people,” said Godiyal.

In his address, Rawat said that he had chosen the month of August to start the campaign since various revolutions had taken place during this period including the August Kranti. He said that on Monday, he will offer water and prayers to lord Shiva and hold a fast for an hour to protest against the alleged misbehavior of a public representative with the priests of Jageshwar temple. The former chief minister also listed the various works undertaken during his term in office including pension schemes started for various sections of society, start of Kedarnath reconstruction, employment facilitated for the youths and the reach of the governmental schemes to the poor. He further opined that in its four and a half years in office, the BJP government had caused devastation in the economy and various other sectors with various sections of society suffering the consequences. The BJP government has failed on all fronts, added Rawat.

Former PCC president Kishore Upadhyaya alleged that the BJP had played a role in dislodging the Harish Rawat-led government which had tainted the image of the state with corruption and defection. He said that the slogan of ‘BJP quit Uttarakhand’ will be as successful as ‘British quit India’.

Rajya Sabha MP Pradeep Tamta, MLAs Manoj Rawat, Harish Dhami, former ministers Dinesh Agrawal, Matbar Singh Kandari and senior Congress leader Surendra Kumar were also among those present on the occasion. 

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