Infuriated over finding his name on the last position among the newly appointed secretaries in the newly constituted Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC), Dharchula MLA Harish Dhami resigned from the position on Monday. After resignation Dhami announced a revolt against the leader of opposition (LoP) Indira Hridayesh.
Dhami’s name was placed at last (98th) position in the list of the secretaries in new PCC released by the Congress party on Saturday. Terming it as his insult the two time MLA had announced on Saturday itself that he would not accept the post offered to him and tender his resignation on Monday.
As per his announcement, Dhami arrived at the state headquarters of the Congress party on Monday afternoon and tried to hand over his resignation from the post of secretary PCC to the Vice President Surya Kant Dhasmana.
The VP however asked Dhami to meet PCC president. Talking to the media persons, Dhami held LoP Indira Hridayesh responsible for the fiasco. He said that his name was deliberately downgraded to the last position in the list of secretaries.
Dhami accused the LoP for remaining friendly and non combative with the BJP government. He said that the moment the BJP government stated that it would hold inquiry on the irregularities on the State Infrastructure and Industrial Development Corporation of Uttarakhand Limited (SIIDCUL) during the Congress reign, Indira Hridayesh adopted a soft stance on the government.
Dhami also claimed that one of her PROs was appointed in gross violation of norms in SIIDCUL when she was minister. Dharchula MLA claimed that eight out of eleven MLAs were not in favour of making her the LoP but everyone accepted the decision of the party high command.
He added that party high command would be requested to replace Indira Hridayesh with someone else.