BJP has thrown Uttarakhand into political instability, betrayed people: Congress

New Delhi, July 3

The Congress on Saturday hit out at the BJP leadership, saying instead of ushering in development, it has thrown Uttarakhand into political instability and betrayed its people by repeatedly changing chief ministers.

BJP leader Tirath Singh Rawat resigned as the state’s chief minister on Friday after holding the post for less than four months. He had replaced Trivendra Singh Rawat in March.

The BJP has insulted the ‘devbhoomi’ of Uttarakhand, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and its president JP Nadda are responsible for the current situation, the Congress alleged.

Starting with Nityananad Swami, the BJP will have eight chief ministers in the state, senior Congress leader Harish Rawat said and added that in the latest four and a half years of the BJP’s rule in Uttarakhand, there will be three chief ministers.

The Congress condemns the BJP for insulting the state and its people by not doing anything to address its problems, he said.

“The BJP’s high drama in Dehradun is an insult to the people of Uttarakhand. The Prime Minister had promised to give a double-engine government, but the state only received different chief ministers and no development,” Harish Rawat, a former chief minister, said.

“The BJP has not solved the problems of Uttarakhand and has added to the rising unemployment in the state,” he told reporters.

It has “insulted the ‘devbhoomi’ (land of Gods) of Uttarakhand and the Congress condemns the BJP for giving political instability,” Harish Rawat said.

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the BJP had betrayed the people and Modi and Nadda were responsible for this.

“This is BJP’s example of lust for power, political instability, sharing fruits of power and failure of leadership. Instead of serving the people of Uttarakhand, they tried to distribute power, and Modi and JP Nadda are responsible for this. The BJP has brought Uttarakhand to such a turn where power means only sharing its fruits and nothing else,” he alleged.

Surjewala said in 2017, the people of Uttarakhand elected the BJP, but in five years instead of serving them and ushering in development, the BJP only “looted its resources”. PTI