PM Modi also shared a personal anecdote about encountering an American citizen in the United States, adorned with garlands of Rudraksha, who attributed his lifestyle changes to his visits to Rishikesh.
As Uttarakhand braces for polling on April 19, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami took a swipe at Congress and said that the grand old party will need only a small van to accommodate all of their MPs as the BJP will retain all five Lok Sabha seats in Uttarakhand.
Hitting back at senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh for questioning the BJP's pitch of 'Ab ki baar 400 paar' (beyond 400 seats this time), going into the Lok Sabha elections, former Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said on Tuesday the Opposition had run out of options oth
Speaking to ANI, Rawat said, "I took the blessings of Ma Ganga. Congress is in a state of confusion. Only they can tell this (whether they have candidates or not) but, yes, they have been unable to announce the candidates."
The Bharatiya Janata Party released the second list of Lok Sabha polls on Wednesday, consisting of 72 candidates, including three former Chief Ministers Manohar Lal Khattar, Trivendra Singh Rawat, Basvaraj Bommai as well as four Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, Anurag Thakur, and Piyush Goy
The Congress on Friday demanded the expulsion of former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat from the BJP for praising Nathuram Godse, the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, as a patriot.
"Godse killed Gandhiji, that is a different topic. But as much as I have known Godse, as much as I have read, he was also a patriot, but we do not agree with the murder of Gandhiji," he clarified.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the Uttarakhand High Court order directing a CBI probe into allegations of corruption against former chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat.
The Uttarakhand government has filed the application on October 18 stating that the state government has decided to withdraw the SLP filed against the High Court's October 27, 2020 order.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], August 23 (ANI): Hakam Singh Rawat, the mastermind arrested in connection with the question paper leak of the Uttrakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission (UKSSSC) examination in 2021, has also been accused of using government resources for personal use
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], February 20 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday made a courtesy visit at the residence of former CM Trivendra Singh Rawat in Dehradun.