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“During the two year tenure of Vijay Bahuguna, a number of complaints were made against him to the national leadership by Harish Rawat camp. At the end of the day, they are hurting their future prospects.”Another political expert Udit Ghildiyal was quick to mention, “In Uttarakhand, an opposition party has never dented a chief minister’s chair. Rather than strengthening the party, such leaders are weakening its root.” As a result, the internal bickering continued and Khanduri was replaced by Ramesh Pokhiryal Nishank in 2009. Barely few months before the 2012 polls, Khanduri was again made the CM,” said the political expert.During the oath taking ceremony in 2012, 24 Congress MLAs did not attend the function as they were in favour of Harish Rawat..