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Following signs of resentment in his cryptic tweets and an eventual truce brokered with the Congress central leadership, former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Saturday, 25 December, said that "course correction" was necessary in order to win the elections.
"I have always been singing the motto of 'kadam kadam milaye ja, Congress ke geet gaye ja.' But I also played drums this time along with singing this song. There was course correction necessary as an election strategy to win it," he told ANI.
Rawat's statement come just a day after he said that he will be the face of the Uttarakhand elections, following a meet with senior party leaders and Rahul Gandhi in Delhi.
Responding to Captain Amarinder's Singh jibe saying 'you reap what you sow', Rawat said that the former Punjab chief minister is "following his master's voice."
"I accept his best wishes. I think somewhere he is still feeling that quitting Congress was a mistake. And Manish Tewari is just following his master's voice, as Amarinder Singh is following his master's voice," he said.
Rawat on Wednesday, 22 December, had expressed discontent with the Congress party over the election campaign in Uttarakhand, tweeting that his “hands and feet are tied.”
After top leaders met in the national capital on Friday to discuss impending issues with the party high command, Rawat told the media that he will be the face of the elections in the state.
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Published: 25 Dec 2021,12:46 PM IST