Summary:
Dehradun, Jan 19 (PTI) Former Uttarakhand Cabinet minister Harak Singh Rawat is learnt to have met senior Congress leaders in New Delhi on Wednesday in a bid to rejoin the party amid increasing opposition to his return.
Harak Singh Rawat had rebelled against the Congress government led by Harish Rawat in 2016 and had joined the BJP.
He was expelled by the BJP recently after he allegedly put pressure on the party leadership to give ticket to his kin for next month’s Assembly polls, a charge denied by the leader.
Aware of the increasing opposition to his re-entry into the Congress, Harak Singh Rawat met senior party leaders in Delhi to make his case, sources said.
He assured them of putting at least 10 seats in the party"s kitty using his clout.
However, he has got no signal from them so far to join the party, the sources added.