The Status of the law and order situation in the State has given the Opposition much to question the State. Senior Congress leaders have lambasted the State Government for the deteriorating level of law and order across the state. leader of Opposition in the Assembly Indira Hridayesh, Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee president Pritam Singh, former chief minister Harish Rawat and others have said that the Government machinery is failing to maintain law and security of the citizens. Hridayesh opined that the State Government has not been able to strengthen the local intelligence unit and investigative mechanism of the police.
Uttarakhand PCC chief Pritam Singh said that the State Government has completed about eight months in office and the law and order situation in the state has collapsed. The previous chief minister Harish Rawat also expressed deep concern at the deteriorating condition of law and order in the state. He said that there seems to be a flood of crime in the provisional State capital with rising incidence of murders, thefts and other crimes taking place, which is not a good sign for the State. The Government and police should take stern action without delay to control the crimes.