Bric-a-brac
high & dry
Uttarakhand
Chief Minister Harish Rawat has to
save his position by all means. Rawat has been systematically demolishing
opposition within the party. His targets are Kishore Upadhyay, President of the
Pradesh Congress, and Vijay Bahuguna, former Chief Minister of the State.
Upadhyay got the first jolt when his name was cleared for the Rajya Sabha seat
but in the end a relatively insignificant former President of the Mahila
Congress, Manorama, snatched the coveted seat from him. The last blow by Rawat
was in the Cabinet reshuffle, when he inducted some Independents in his
government, including Dinesh Dhaney, who had defeated Upadhyay in the Assembly
elections. To safeguard his position, Rawat is out to woo all the independent
MLAs, whether they are arch rivals of the party leadership or not. A neglected
Bahuguna is so upset that he has threatened to launch a massive campaign
against Rawat. Bahuguna has warned Rawat that only the Chief Minister has
changed in the State and not the ruling party. Rawat, in the meantime, sensing
the political urgency, has started developing relations with Baba Ramdev. Even
BJP leaders are cautious about Rawat’s moves. He seems to have mastered the art
of floating when one is on the chair!
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