‘Happy that Party Removed Me’: Expelled Uttarakhand Minister Reveals Why He Asked BJP for Different Seat

Former Uttarakhand Minister Harak Singh Rawat said he is happy that the BJP removed him and added that he is not joining Congress today. The statement comes as Harak Singh Rawat was on Sunday dismissed from the state cabinet and expelled from the primary membership of the BJP for six years. "I am happy that BJP removed me. It (the removal) is mainly because of the rumours on social media. I am not joining Congress today. I am in touch with them (Congress) now,” Rawat told CNN-News18. The minister claimed that he had asked for a different seat from the party for the assembly polls as the promised schemes were still pending in his constituency. "I had asked for a different seat, because medical college which was promised in Kotdwar was still pending apart from other issues… I came Delhi to meet Prahalad Joshi and Amit Shah but got to know through media that they expelled me," he said. He further said that Amit Shah had asked him to promise that he will stay in the party, however, he added that he is the one who broke it. Sources said that Rawat was seeking Congress ticket for his daughter-in-law from… Read full this story

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