Garhwal Post Bureau
Dehradun, 13 Nov: BJP Mahila Morcha State President Ruchi Bhatt today targeted senior Congress leader Harak Singh Rawat, questioning the silence of the Congress leadership over the controversy and demanding his immediate removal from the party’s election management committee.
Addressing a press conference here, today, Ruchi Bhatt stated that the serious allegations levelled against Harak Singh Rawat, coupled with the public statements made on social media by his wife Deepti Rawat and the remarks of Sonia Rawat, have made the entire matter even more grave, necessitating that the Congress leadership clarify its stand. She questioned why the party leadership falls silent when questions are raised against its own senior leader Harak Singh Rawat, even though national Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and state Congress leaders incessantly speak about women’s dignity, women’s rights, and justice, asking whether the principles of women’s respect and justice are merely confined to political speeches.
Emphasising on the need for an impartial probe when such serious allegations against a senior political leader surface publicly and statements from associated individuals become a subject of widespread discussion, the BJP Mahila Morcha State President asserted that the accusations cannot simply be dismissed as mere political rhetoric. She urged the Congress leadership to remove Harak Singh Rawat from his post in the election management committee with immediate effect, demanding that the Congress clarify whether women’s dignity is genuinely a moral commitment for the party or merely an issue used according to political convenience, and adding that if the party is truly serious about women’s respect and justice, it must apply the same yardsticks in this case that it routinely invokes in other matters.
BJP state spokesperson Kamlesh Raman, Mahila Morcha state secretary Neha Sharma, Mahila Morcha media in-charge Divya Negi, and Mahila Morcha state spokesperson Lakshmi Agarwal were also present on the occasion.
At the same time, Dr Harak Singh Rawat today strongly rejected the allegations against him and termed these as a political conspiracy against him.
