“Will Harish Rawat take retirement?

His son, Virendra Rawat, is preparing to contest elections for the Haridwar Lok Sabha seat.

                    AMJAD USMANI 

Harish Rawat, the most powerful leader of Uttarakhand, has been in politics for almost sixty years. He has held positions ranging from block chief to Union Minister and Chief Minister of the state. During this period, many leaders have established their sons and daughters in politics. Many junior leaders of Harish Rawat have established their children in politics, but Harish Rawat was never seen making such efforts. However, there is definitely uneasiness about this in his family. When he himself was the Chief Minister, he had his wife contest the Lok Sabha elections from the Haridwar seat. Even at that time, the question was raised as to why he did not let his son contest the elections. In the last assembly elections, he had fielded his daughter from Haridwar rural area, yet the question was raised: why daughter? Why not son? What to say now! As many mouths as there are words.Now, news is coming that Harish Rawat is going to make his son, Virendra Rawat, the candidate of the Congress Party from the Haridwar seat in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Although Harish Rawat has not yet spoken his heart out to his supporters, but his increasing age and Virendra Rawat’s activism in the field are making people gossip that something is definitely going on behind the scenes. As far as Virendra Rawat is concerned, he has created his own lobby among the Congress workers of the Haridwar area who want him to contest the elections. Let us see if the Congress high command trusts Harish Rawat’s son.”