'...playing negative role': Harish Rawat, Congress' top troubleshooter, fires shots at party leadership
Highlights
- Harish Rawat has expressed his disappointment through tweet
- Rawat was instrumental in quelling the dispute between Sidhu and Amarinder Singh
- Uttarakhand and Punjab are going to polls next year
In what has again put the spotlight on the way of functioning of the Gandhis in the Congress, one of its top troubleshooters and senior leader Harish Rawat in a series of tweets has indirectly pointed fingers at the top leadership.
Rawat, who was instrumental in quelling the dispute between Congress Punjab Chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and former CM Captain Amarinder Singh, has tweeted that 'he has had enough' and 'now it is time for rest!' Notably, the timing of the tweets assumes significance as Uttarakhand and Punjab both are going to polls next year.
""Isn't it strange? We have to swim in this sea of election, but the organisation, instead of supporting me, has turned its back on me or is playing a negative role," Harish Rawat tweeted in Hindi.
"The powers that be have let loose many crocodiles (predators) in the sea that we have to navigate. Those whom I am supposed to follow, their people have tied my hands and feet. I have been getting the feeling that Harish Rawat, it's gone too far, you have done enough, it is time to rest," he says.
"Then there is a voice in the head that quietly says I am neither weak nor will run from challenges. I am in turmoil. Hope the New Year shows me the way. I am confident that Lord Kedarnath (Shiva), will show me the way," the Congress leader continues, making it clear that he is unhappy and reconsidering his future."
Talking in the same tune, Surinder Aggarwal, advisor to Rawat also alleged a conspiracy behind it. "Harish Rawat is a senior leader of Congress. If his posters are removed from Rahul Gandhi's rally in the presence of Devendra Yadav, then his role comes into doubt. There's a probability that Devendra Yadav is involved in the conspiracy."
"BJP may have used ED or CBI to threaten any of our members. They may have misguided our colleague to fulfill their motive of creating differences between Harish Rawat and our members. BJP has done this before and it is a small task for them," he added.
