Following the death of president of Rishikesh Congress committee and hospitalisation of leader of opposition (LoP) in the state assembly Indira Hridayesh and Dharchula MLA Harish Dhami due to infection of Covid-19, the Uttarakhand Congress has suspended all its activities for one week.
The order to suspend all the programmes of the party was given by the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Pritam Singh. The party has also cancelled its programme to hold a massive protest outside Vidhan Sabha on September 23.
Expressing shock and profound grief over the death of President of Rishikesh Congress Committee, Shiv Mohan Mishra the PCC President said that from many generations, the Mishra family has served the Congress party. His father, Kamal Narayan Mishra too was a senior leader of Congress party.
The Vice President of Uttarakhand Congress Surya Kant Dhasmana told media persons at the state headquarters of the party here on Saturday that Mishra was suffering from Covid-19 and on Saturday he succumbed to the disease at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh.
Dhasmana said that PCC president Pritam Singh has expressed grave concern over spread of infection of Covid-19 and deaths due to the disease. He said that PCC president also held telephonic conversation with the in charge of the party Devendra Yadav and informed him about the prevailing situation of the contagion in the state. After discussions Yadav also cancelled his scheduled visit to the state. Dhasmana said that the information about the party’s programme would be given after the end of week.