Uttarakhand: Vijay Bahuguna threatens rally against Congress
In a letter to his successor Harish Rawat on Thursday, Bahuguna raised the issue of regularisation of land under categories IV and 1 (A) in his constituency Sitarganj which has been hanging fire for a year now.
While Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat will be completing one year in office on Sunday, the internal squabbling between the CM and former chief minister Vijay Bahuguna has taken a new turn.
Former CM Vijay Bahuguna has threatened to hold a rally on February 15 in Udham Singh Nagar against his own party's government in protest against non-implementation of decisions taken during his tenure.
In a letter to his successor Harish Rawat on Thursday, Bahuguna raised the issue of regularisation of land under categories IV and 1 (A) in his constituency Sitarganj which has been hanging fire for a year now. In the letter, Bahuguna has accused Rawat of stalling many welfare works. No celebration will take place to mark CM's one year in office as Rawat is away from Uttarakhand for couple of days.
At present, Rawat is in the national Capital to campaign for Congress candidates in the Delhi assembly elections on Saturday. CM's media advisor Surinder Kumar said: "Chief Minister will be back on 4-5 February after campaigning in Delhi polls. There will be no celebration to mark the CM's one-year in office."
Rawat alleged in his letter that the new CM has failed to curb corruption and punish those found guilty in state government inquiries. Illegal sand mining remained unchecked and the main Opposition party BJP has been regularly raising this issue.
Meanwhile, senior BJP leader and leader of Opposition Ajay Bhatt said: "The Congress government was paying no heed to our letters, but the letter of ex-Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has exposed that Rawat government is too busy in making money through sand mining, land deals and liquor business that they have no time to listen to the pain of their own party members."