Congress Top Brass Meets Uttarakhand Leaders in Delhi to Plan Assembly Election Strategy
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and LoP Rahul Gandhi met senior Uttarakhand Congress leaders in Delhi to discuss strategy ahead of the state's upcoming Vidhan Sabha elections.
Current Summary
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi met senior Uttarakhand Congress leaders at Kharge's Delhi residence on Monday to discuss strategy for the state's upcoming Vidhan Sabha elections, due early next year. Following the meeting, the Uttarakhand Congress announced a statewide 'Bhumi Bachao-Dhami Hatao' campaign beginning November 4, alleging arbitrary distribution and misappropriation of government land by the BJP-led state government. The campaign will start at 10 am across several districts and major cities, with senior leaders appointed as district in-charges, including Yashpal Arya in Nainital, MLA Manoj Tiwari in Almora, former state president Karan Mahara in Ranikhet, MLA Tilakraj Behar and MLA Sumit Hridayesh in Haldwani, Deputy Leader of the Opposition Bhuvan Kapri in Bhimtal, and Election Management Committee chairman Harak Singh Rawat leading efforts elsewhere. The original Delhi meeting was attended by Uttarakhand Congress in-charge Kumari Selja, national general secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal, Pradesh Congress Committee president Ganesh Godiyal, Leader of Opposition in the Vidhan Sabha Yashpal Arya, Election Campaign Committee chairman Pritam Singh, and state co-incharges Surendra Sharma and Manoj Yadav; former CM Harish Rawat was absent.
What We Know
- Kharge and Rahul Gandhi met senior Uttarakhand Congress leaders in Delhi on Monday
- Attendees included Kumari Selja, K C Venugopal, Ganesh Godiyal, Yashpal Arya, Pritam Singh, Harak Singh Rawat, Surendra Sharma and Manoj Yadav
- The meeting discussed strategy for the upcoming Vidhan Sabha elections and party organisational strengthening
- Former CM Harish Rawat did not attend the Delhi meeting
- Kharge accused the BJP state government of law-and-order failures and evading accountability
- Congress will launch a 'Bhumi Bachao-Dhami Hatao' campaign across Uttarakhand from November 4 over alleged government land irregularities
- District-level campaign leaders have been named, including Yashpal Arya in Nainital and Manoj Tiwari in Almora
What Is Still Unclear
- Specific policy positions, seat-sharing plans or candidate decisions discussed
- Date of any follow-up strategy meetings
What Changed
- 2 Nov, 03:21 pmFollowing the Delhi meeting, the Uttarakhand Congress announced it will launch a 'Bhumi Bachao-Dhami Hatao' campaign across the state from November 4, alleging arbitrary distribution and misappropriation of government land by the BJP-led state government. The campaign will begin at 10 am across several districts, with senior leaders assigned as district in-charges, including Yashpal Arya in Nainital, MLA Manoj Tiwari in Almora, former state president Karan Mahara in Ranikhet, MLA Tilakraj Behar and MLA Sumit Hridayesh in Haldwani, Deputy Leader of the Opposition Bhuvan Kapri in Bhimtal, and Election Management Committee chairman Harak Singh Rawat among others leading charges elsewhere.
- 2 Nov, 03:21 pmFormer chief minister Harish Rawat was notably absent from the meeting. Kharge publicly criticised the BJP-led state government, citing a 'collapsed law-and-order system', concerns over women's safety, and what he called the government's tendency to evade accountability over the past decade, saying people of Uttarakhand are seeking change ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections.
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