Dicey situation for Congress in Uttarakhand!
In Uttarakhand, while it is true that chief minister Harish Rawat is now left with any strong opponent within the party, what may still lead to his and his party (Congress) downfall is the fact that the party is hardly left with any leader with mass base in Garhwal region. Beginning with Satpal Maharaj, many more left the party including Harak Singh Rawat and Vijay Bahuguna. Among those who left also include Kunwar Pranav Singh, Shailendra Mohan Singhal, Umesh Kau and Amrita Rawat. These were the leaders who can win seats on their own. Given the fact that Garhwal region has 42 Assembly seats as compared to 28 in Kumaon region, situation may turn out to be really dicey for Congress. Harish Rawat has been known to push for his own men in every position be it the Congress Rajya Sabha member Mahendra Singh Mahra (Kumaon), or speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal (Kumaon) and now Pradeep Tamta (Kumaon) as party candidate for the Rajya Sabha. Harish Rawat himself belongs to Kumaon. Well this was the primary reason for the rebellion against him in March.
Challenges are mounting for Harda. Yashpal Arya is unhappy with Tamta being declared as RS candidate. On the other hand, PDF too has announced Dhanai as RS candidate and if it decides to contest, Congress may not be able to ensure win for the party candidate, which would be highly embarrassing for Harish Rawat and Congress.
It remains to be seen however, how the BJP is able to tackle the situation that is going to emerge after inducting so many heavyweights from Congress in its fold. Now the party has Bhagat Singh Koshiyari, Ramesh Nishank, BC Khanduri and Vijay Bahuguna as former CMs and several within the party and those who just joined as CM aspirants particularly Harak Singh Rawat. The real trouble for BJP will however come at the time of ticket distribution and then at the time of selecting the ministers in case it is able to win power in 2017. All in all, a thrilling situation for the political observers!
- Arun Pratap Singh
In Uttarakhand, while it is true that chief minister Harish Rawat is now left with any strong opponent within the party, what may still lead to his and his party (Congress) downfall is the fact that the party is hardly left with any leader with mass base in Garhwal region. Beginning with Satpal Maharaj, many more left the party including Harak Singh Rawat and Vijay Bahuguna. Among those who left also include Kunwar Pranav Singh, Shailendra Mohan Singhal, Umesh Kau and Amrita Rawat. These were the leaders who can win seats on their own. Given the fact that Garhwal region has 42 Assembly seats as compared to 28 in Kumaon region, situation may turn out to be really dicey for Congress. Harish Rawat has been known to push for his own men in every position be it the Congress Rajya Sabha member Mahendra Singh Mahra (Kumaon), or speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal (Kumaon) and now Pradeep Tamta (Kumaon) as party candidate for the Rajya Sabha. Harish Rawat himself belongs to Kumaon. Well this was the primary reason for the rebellion against him in March.
Challenges are mounting for Harda. Yashpal Arya is unhappy with Tamta being declared as RS candidate. On the other hand, PDF too has announced Dhanai as RS candidate and if it decides to contest, Congress may not be able to ensure win for the party candidate, which would be highly embarrassing for Harish Rawat and Congress.
It remains to be seen however, how the BJP is able to tackle the situation that is going to emerge after inducting so many heavyweights from Congress in its fold. Now the party has Bhagat Singh Koshiyari, Ramesh Nishank, BC Khanduri and Vijay Bahuguna as former CMs and several within the party and those who just joined as CM aspirants particularly Harak Singh Rawat. The real trouble for BJP will however come at the time of ticket distribution and then at the time of selecting the ministers in case it is able to win power in 2017. All in all, a thrilling situation for the political observers!
- Arun Pratap Singh
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