Assembly election: Harish Rawat leads Congress charge in Uttarakhand

Conscious that he is in full command now, Harish Rawat is playing his cards carefully, keeping in view that the anti-incumbency factor against the ruling BJP may win the Congress power this time

Harish Rawat, election campaign chief of the Uttarakhand unit of the Congress and former chief minister, has promised to keep the price of a gas cylinder below Rs 600 if his party comes to power in the state. He has also pledged free electricity and water.

Sensing a close fight with the BJP in the coming Assembly election, Rawat has set the ball rolling, creating ripples in the ruling camp.

This incarnation of Rawat is different from the one in 2002, when he was sidelined by the party high command to pave the way for his bête noire, N D Tiwari, to