While senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister Harish Rawat fuelled further speculation on rumours about change in the leadership of the State Government, the PCC chief Pritam Singh opined that this is an internal matter of the party in office. Singh also gave a diplomatic reply on the issue of reservation in promotions.
It will be recalled that a couple of days ago, Rawat spoke on the social media about instability and uncertainty in the BJP in Uttarakhand. However, when asked about his view on this, Singh said that the Congress is not interested in any possibility of change of political leadership which is an internal issue of the BJP.
Replying to a query raised during the Press conference at the Congress Bhawan, Singh said that if the BJP is considering change in its leadership in the state, the issue is internal to the BJP. The Congress has nothing to do with this issue, he stressed. Referring to Rawat, he said that Harish Rawat is a senior leader with long political experience.
However, he stressed that the Congress will now focus on strengthening its organisation in the state. “The Vidhan Sabha election is slated for 2022 and not much time is left.
Hence, we will focus on strengthening the party from the booth level to the state level. We will decide our programmes and work on making them successful. We will inform everyone about the failures of the BJP state government,” he said.
On being asked about the stand of the Congress on the issue of reservation in promotions, the PCC chief said that the Supreme Court has clarified the situation in its order. The State government has to take a decision as per the orders of the Apex court, he added.