This refers to the editorial, “Harish Rawat’s moment” (May 12). The Congress’s victory in Uttarakhand paved the way for lifting President’s Rule, return of Harish Rawat as the Chief Minister of the State, and the sacking of nine rebel MlAs who had defected from the party.
Indeed, the Supreme Court-monitored voting in the Uttarakhand legislative Assembly averted any hanky-panky show.
Surely, this Uttarakhand episode is a political setback for the BJP and a clear signal that it should pursue its goal of ridding the nation of the Congress through popular mobilisation and not such coups.