After Capt Amarinder, Harish Rawat could split from Congress and start his own party

Congress, India’s Grand old party does not look to be ready for any challenge whatsoever. After Captain Amarinder Singh’s ousting from the party, Harish Rawat has signaled his intention to split from Congress.

Harish Rawat shocks everyone with his unhappy tweet:

Congress star campaigner Harish Rawat shocked the Indian political landscape with his tweet criticising his own party. He later pinned the tweet, which is an indication of the fact that he had written it after a lot of thought process.

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Harish Rawat was so much disappointed that he posted a thread of tweets. In the first tweet, he clearly mentioned that his party members were trying to throttle his efforts.

#चुनाव_रूपी_समुद्र
है न अजीब सी बात, चुनाव रूपी समुद्र को तैरना है, सहयोग के लिए संगठन का ढांचा अधिकांश स्थानों पर सहयोग का हाथ आगे बढ़ाने के बजाय या तो मुंह फेर करके खड़ा हो जा रहा है या नकारात्मक भूमिका निभा रहा है। जिस समुद्र में तैरना है,
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— Harish Rawat (@harishrawatcmuk) December 22, 2021

In his second tweet, he said that people at the top of Congress hierarchy had appointed incompetent people to assist him. Fed up with this, he expressed his desire to take a full-fledged rest from his job.

सत्ता ने वहां कई मगरमच्छ छोड़ रखे हैं। जिनके आदेश पर तैरना है, उनके नुमाइंदे मेरे हाथ-पांव बांध रहे हैं। मन में बहुत बार विचार आ रहा है कि #हरीश_रावत अब बहुत हो गया, बहुत तैर लिये, अब विश्राम का समय है!
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— Harish Rawat (@harishrawatcmuk) December 22, 2021

In his last tweet, he expressed his dilemma around the issue. He seemed to be saddened with the fact that he can neither quit nor can he stay in, peacefully.

फिर चुपके से मन के एक कोने से आवाज उठ रही है "न दैन्यं न पलायनम्" बड़ी उपापोह की स्थिति में हूंँ, नया वर्ष शायद रास्ता दिखा दे। मुझे विश्वास है कि #भगवान_केदारनाथ जी इस स्थिति में मेरा मार्गदर्शन करेंगे।#Uttarakhand @INCUttarakhand

— Harish Rawat (@harishrawatcmuk) December 22, 2021

Rawat gets mixed reactions from political arena:

The tweets sent shock waves around the electoral landscape. With a few months left for Uttarakhand assembly elections, internal discontent may turn out to be fatal for the party. Top leaders of the party have come out criticizing both Rawat as well as the Congress party.

Manish Tewari posted a tweet in which he chronologically described the decline of Congress in various states. His tweet read, “First Assam, then Punjab, now Uttarakhand.” “Bhog poora hi paun gaye. Kasar na rahe jawe koi,”. He was pointing towards internal discontent leading to the decline of INC in various states.

FIRST ASSAM

THEN PUNJAB

NOW UTTRAKHAND…..

BHOG POORA HI PAUN GAYE

KASAR NA RAHE JAWE KOI

😎@harishrawatcmuk https://t.co/yQYClbLRMB

— Manish Tewari (@ManishTewari) December 23, 2021

Meanwhile, Captain Amarinder Singh, who was humiliated in a similar manner as Harish Rawat, remarked that Rawat is only reaping what he has sown. Rawat was sent to solve Congress’ internal differences in Punjab which had originated due to Navjot Singh Sidhu’s confrontational approach against Captain Amarinder. However, he was unsuccessful, and had to approach the party’s high command to relieve him of Punjab’s duties. Later, Captain also resigned from Congress.

You reap what you sow! All the best for your future endeavours (if there are any) @harishrawatcmuk ji. https://t.co/6QfFkVt8ZO

— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) December 22, 2021

Also read: How Congress ensured its complete decimation in both Punjab and Uttarakhand at one go

Chances are slim for Congress in Uttarakhand:

Currently, Pushkar Singh Dhami of BJP is ruling the rooster in Uttarakhand. He has been massively popular due to his handling of Islamists in the state. His attempts of reviving the religious tourism industry have been massively popular as well. In spite of changing multiple Chief Ministers, BJP is still quite popular in the state due to the party’s pro-Uttarakhandi and pro-Hindu approach.

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Split in any political organization is not a good sign. Congress party, which is already divided into multiple factions, is facing a huge risk of extinction due to favoritism towards people like Sidhu. If Rawat indeed decides to quit, it could be curtains for Congress Party in the hilly state.