A recent statement by the former chief minister of Uttarakhand, Harish Rawat, has led to the people of his state asking if he has plans to contest the assembly elections in 2022.
Rawat, during a recent interview with News18, said that he was more interested in supporting winning candidates than contesting in the 2022 state assembly elections. The statement triggered speculations among the people that the former chief minister may not return to the political turf.
During the interview, he also said that the Congress high command will decide if he will contest elections or not. “I will give priority in supporting local faces of Uttarakhand for the upcoming assembly elections,” Rawat had said.
The former chief minister, also the chairman of the Congress Campaign Committee in Uttarakhand, further told News 18 that he was not in the habit of spreading any kind of political sensation.