Former CM observes token fast against state govt

  • | Wednesday | 13th February, 2019

The farmers are committing suicide and the ruling party is busy organising rallies to win elections,” Rawat said. He also hit hard on BJP over Rafale deal.To boast the confidence of his party workers, Rawat added that the people will teach the BJP a lesson in 2019 and Congress will surely get the mandate to serve the nation once again. Decked-up in Tricolour stoles and bands, Congress workers were seen demanding the resignation of the double engine government which according to them has failed to fulfill all its promises.While addressing Congress workers, Harish Rawat said that the BJP-led Uttarakhand government has totally failed in controlling illicit liquor sale in the state.“The BJP hardly cares for the lives of the poor and this is why they are keeping cane dues pending for so long. Dehradun: With slogans like ‘Chaukidaar hi Chor Hai’ and ‘Modi Bharat Ke Liye Tu To Hanikarak Hai’, former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat observed a token fast and a day-long protest near assembly here on Wednesday.While the opposition countered the BJP on hooch deaths inside the assembly, Rawat raised the issue of pending payment of the sugarcane farmers during his sit-in which was also joined by leader of opposition Indira Hriyadesh and state party chief Pritam Singh along with hundreds of Congress workers.Rawat, who started his token fast and protest around 10 am ended it around 2 in the afternoon.

Dehradun: With slogans like ‘Chaukidaar hi Chor Hai’ and ‘Modi Bharat Ke Liye Tu To Hanikarak Hai’, former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat observed a token fast and a day-long protest near assembly here on Wednesday.While the opposition countered the BJP on hooch deaths inside the assembly, Rawat raised the issue of pending payment of the sugarcane farmers during his sit-in which was also joined by leader of opposition Indira Hriyadesh and state party chief Pritam Singh along with hundreds of Congress workers.Rawat, who started his token fast and protest around 10 am ended it around 2 in the afternoon. Decked-up in Tricolour stoles and bands, Congress workers were seen demanding the resignation of the double engine government which according to them has failed to fulfill all its promises.While addressing Congress workers, Harish Rawat said that the BJP-led Uttarakhand government has totally failed in controlling illicit liquor sale in the state.“The BJP hardly cares for the lives of the poor and this is why they are keeping cane dues pending for so long. The farmers are committing suicide and the ruling party is busy organising rallies to win elections,” Rawat said. He also hit hard on BJP over Rafale deal.To boast the confidence of his party workers, Rawat added that the people will teach the BJP a lesson in 2019 and Congress will surely get the mandate to serve the nation once again.

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