NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, JAN 17
In the wake of speculation over jumping to the opposition camp, BJP sacks Uttarakhand Minister Harak Singh Rawat from Dhami ministry and also expels him from the party for six years for anti-party activities.
Party sources said that Rawat was demanding tickets for three of his family members including his wife in the assembly polls, but had been told that the party had made it a rule that only one member of a family would be fielded.
‘He has been dropped from the Dhami cabinet and expelled from the party for six years,” a source said.
The development came barely a month ahead of the Assembly election in the state, slated to be held on February 14.
Meanwhile, close circles of Rawat disclosed that the former minister is camping in the national capital, is likely to join Congress on Monday. “Rawat is in touch with the Congress leadership and is likely to join the party. His daughter-in-law may also join the party with him on Monday,” sources said.
Rawat had switched over from the Congress to the BJP before the 2017 Assembly polls.
Rawat was said to be nursing a grouse against the BJP leadership for quite some time, and even expressing his resentment publicly.
He had skipped the party meeting to select candidates in Dehradun on Saturday. As he met a senior Congress leader on Sunday and indicated that he would join the party on Monday, the BJP took action against him.
