Chief Minister Harish Rawat, who was admitted in hospital since June 12 after he received neck injury because his chopper met air turbulence, has been discharged from the AIIMS hospital and reached Dehradun on July 16. He reached to Jollygrant airport by Jet Airways aircraft on Wednesday afternoon.
As he reached Jollygrant, he was received by Congress PCC president Kishore Upadhayaya along with cabinet minsiter Dinesh Aggrawal and limited number of workers due to airport restriction. later, he left for Dehradun from airport by road. Meanwhile, he also canvassed for the Congress candidate Heera Singh Bisht, who has been contesting election against BJP national secretary Trivendra Singh Rawat for Doiwala assembly bypoll, in Doiwala while on way to Dehradun.
Desperate Congress workers, who were waiting there since afternoon, started shouting slogans in favour of the chief minsiter. Being a head of the State, CM Rawat also interacted with Doiwala residents and appealed them to vote for Congress candidate Heera Singh Bisht. By seeing this, chief minsiter Rawat among them business community, who were busy in their work, could not believe about what they were seeing with their naked eyes, but later they became part of CM public interaction.
Meanwhile, Congress workers, who were unaware about the CM's schedule, rushed to the spot and gathered in large numbers within a few minutes. Even mediapersons were caught unawares about the CM's arrival; so very few mediapersons reached the CM's official residence to have his view. During a brief media interaction, the CM said that he has been serving people for the last 40-42 years; so he has full faith on them. As far as his victory from Dharchula is concerned, he said he had no doubt about his victory.