Nine Congress dissidents, who had deserted CM Harish Rawat while opposition was demanding division of vote on appropriation bill on March 18, have finally shared stage in the presence of BJP assistant general secretary Ramprakash, State BJP president Ajay Bhatt and Haridwar MP and ex-CM Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank at State BJP office on Sunday.
Although they have been accepted publicly, the question being asked is about how party leaders, who have been carrying party flag with an intention to get ticket in upcoming assembly election due in 2017, would react during distribution of assembly ticket. Most of the dissident MlAs showed their strength as well and they echoed that they would make Uttarakhand Congress Mukt (free) State in upcoming assembly election. They categorically demanded that now governor should dissolve the Vidhan Sabha and call for fresh assembly election.