End confrontational politics: Rawat

Harish Rawat appealed to the “all powerful” Centre for help in development of the state. Rawat (68), who drove straight to the Congress office here after the floor test, made a speech in which he thanked Sonia Gandhi and Rahul, MLAs by individually taking their names, and party workers to express his gratitude to them for their solid support in the troubled times.

Earlier, stepping out of the Assembly after the vote, the sacked chief minister remarked “The cloud of uncertainty hovering over Uttarakhand will disappear tomorrow”. 

“The fight for democracy cannot be won alone,” he said in the short speech in which he merely said it was the prerogative of the Supreme Court to announce the result of the trial of strength. “I have all along been saying I am a small chief minister of a small state who has to fight poverty and backwardness. 

“Come let’s end the politics of confrontation and build together an Uttarakhand set firmly on the path of development,” Rawat said.