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Uttarakhand Congress Turmoil: Harish Rawat's Yatra vs. Party Leadership & NSUI Suspensions
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News18•05-10-2026, 07:20
Uttarakhand Congress Turmoil: Harish Rawat's Yatra vs. Party Leadership & NSUI Suspensions
- •Uttarakhand Congress faces internal strife ahead of assembly elections, marked by two key developments.
- •Former CM Harish Rawat's 'Dhanyawad and Jan Samvad Yatra' sparks controversy, with Congress in-charge Kumari Selja asking him to halt it.
- •Selja's letter to Rawat stated that neither she nor the State Congress Committee President was consulted about his yatra or programs.
- •The party leadership emphasizes unity for the upcoming elections and views parallel programs as detrimental to party interests.
- •NSUI suspended 5 office bearers in Chamoli for campaigning against organizational instructions and favoring ABVP in student union elections.
Key Questions Answered
The state party leadership and General Secretary Kumari Selja objected because neither she nor the State Congress President was consulted, and they deemed any parallel program unhelpful with assembly elections approaching.
NSUI expelled five authorized candidates in Chamoli from primary membership for engaging in activities contrary to organizational instructions and campaigning in favor of ABVP during the student federation elections.
Kumari Selja wrote the letter to Harish Rawat after discussing the matter with General Secretary for Organization KC Venugopal.
