Uttarakhand: Party High Command Will Decide Chief Minister, says Congress Poll Observer Mohan Prakash
GG News Bureau
Dehradun, 9th March. Congress poll observer in Uttarakhand Mohan Prakash on Wednesday said that Chief Minister (CM) will be decided by the Congress party high commands and elected MLAs.
“High command and (congress) MLAs will decide (on Chief Minister face) after discussion…We are sure of forming a govt in Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and getting majority numbers in Uttar Pradesh,” said Prakash.
Prakash’s statement came in the wake of senior Congress leader Harish Rawat saying that nobody in the Congress party has any objections to his name as the Chief Ministerial candidate.
“I do politics of struggle, not power. The party has told me that the election campaign will be led by me. We are fighting to win the elections. Nobody in the party has any objections to my name as the Chief Ministerial candidate. No party member has expressed any objection to my name,” Rawat said a day ahead of voting.
Further, taking a jibe at Bharatiya Janata Party, Rawat said, “The BJP has a habit of robbing the mandate. We saw it in the viral video that came from Varanasi yesterday where EVMs were seen shifting from one place to another.”
“When the mandate is not in their favour, they attempt (ballot) rigging. Our workers and senior party leaders are deployed in every district to keep an eye on EVM strong rooms and counting process,” he added.
The exit polls on Monday predicted a close fight in Uttarakhand, with many of them giving an edge to the Bharatiya Janata Party to form the government in the state.
Voting in Uttarakhand took place on February 14. Counting of votes will take place on March 10
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