Uttarakhand
Harish Rawat wages two-pronged battle -- against BJP and his detractors within
The Congress has appointed Harish Rawat as chairman of the campaign committee and he is spearheading the campaign. He is seen as the natural claimant for the top post if the party comes to power but he is being checkmated by his detractors in the party.
Why Harish Rawat is important for Congress in Uttarakhand?
Since the formation of the state, Rawat has missed the bus of Chief Ministership twice -- once to N.D. Tiwari and then to Vijay Bahuguna, however, he was later brought in replacing Bahuguna.
Bipin Rawat's brother joins BJP, may contest polls in Uttarakhand
He joined the saffron party in the presence of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, state in-charge, and BJP national general secretary Dushyant Gautam, national media in-charge Anil Baluni, and Uttarakhand BJP president Madan Kaushik.
Centre advises poll-bound states to ramp up Covid vaccination
Among the five poll-bound states, while Uttarakhand and Goa have reported a higher vaccination coverage for the first and second doses than the national average, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Manipur have Covid vaccination coverage numbers below it.
Tension in Uttarakhand Cong: Priyanka speaks to Harish Rawat
On Wednesday, in a series of tweets, Rawat had said that "it's time to rest, it has been enough." "Is this not strange? When we have to swim in the sea of election, the party organisation should extend supporting hand, but has rather turned its face the other way and is playing a negative role. I have to swim in the sea where the ruling party has released many crocodiles and my hands and legs are tied.
'It's time to rest', Harish Rawat targets party ahead of polls
Rawat says, "Is this not strange? When we have to swim in the sea of election, the party organisation should extend supporting hand, but has rather turned its face the other way and is playing a negative role. I have to swim in the sea where the ruling party has released many crocodiles and my hands and legs are tied. Sometimes it feels that I have worked too much and now it's time to rest."
43.7% voters in 5 poll-bound states see Modi as best PM candidate
The 5 states including Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Goa will go for the assembly elections early in 2022. 57.5 percent voters in Manipur and 50.1 percent in Uttarakhand chose Modi as the best PM candidate followed by Uttar Pradesh with 44.4 percent. In Goa 36.1 voters chose Modi as the first choice candidate whereas Punjab at 14.3 percent is the state with least no. of voters who wants Modi as the PM.
What caused devastating rains in Uttarakhand, Kerala at this time of year?
Over two dozen people lost their lives, several bridges were washed away, rail track near Kathgodam was upturned and twisted, houses at many places were swallowed by swollen rivers and landslides leading to roadblocks made life difficult for people of Uttarakhand, especially the Kumaon region.
Record rainfall in Uttarakhand's Kumaon, Mukteshwar breaks 107 yr record
According to India Meteorological Department (IMD) data, the districts that observed heavy to extremely heavy rainfall were Champawat, Nainital, Udham Singh Nagar, Pithoragarh, Bageshwar, Almora, Pauri and Chamoli from 8.30 a.m. on Monday till 8.30 a.m. on Tuesday. There were several reports where people called the rain "multiple cloudbursts".
Akhilesh to begin 'Samjwadi vijay yatra' today
"After starting from the Ganga bridge, the yatra will take the Naubasta route to reach Neyveli Lignite Power station in Ghatampur and then head for Hamirpur by Tuesday evening. The next morning, the yatra will start at 9.30 a.m. from Hamirpur to reach Kalpi in Jalaun and end at Mati in Kanpur Dehat," said party spokesman, Rajendra Chaudhary. On Monday, Akhilesh sought blessings from his father Mulayam Singh Yadav in Delhi.
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