Summary:
Dehradun, Jan 21 (PTI) Expelled BJP leader Harak Singh Rawat, who was re-inducted into the Congress on Friday after an estrangement lasting five years, has been quitting and joining parties throughout his political career spanning three decades.
Apart from the Congress and the BJP, he has also been part of the BSP in the past. Beginning his political career with the BJP in undivided Uttar Pradesh, he joined the BSP in 1996 and quit it two years later to join the Congress.
After a long stint of 18 years with the Congress, he rebelled against the previous Harish Rawat government to join the BJP in 2016.
He was expelled from the BJP recently as he allegedly insisted on party tickets for himself and his daughter-in-law for the Assembly polls.
Rawat became a minister four times, once in undivided Uttar Pradesh and thrice in Uttarakhand.
He became a minister for the first time in undivided Uttar Pradesh"s Kalyan Singh government in 1991 but could not complete his term as Singh had to resign after the Babri mosque demolition.