Harish Rawat's loss total rejection of his leadership: BJP

DEHRADUN: As Chief Minister Harish Rawat lost one of the two seats he contested and trailed in the other, the BJP today said it was a complete rejection of his leadership.

"While Rawat has lost by over 12,000 votes in Haridwar (rural) already, he is heading for a loss in Kiccha as well, though with a narrower margin. This is a complete rejection of his leadership," Pradesh BJP spokesman Munna Singh Chauhan told.

Attributing Rawat's defeat to thriving corruption and a strong anti-incumbency, Chauhan said the massive surge of support for the BJP reflected in the trends and results available so far were due to a clear "Modi wave which has only gathered steam over the two-and-half years of his extra- ordinary performance at the Centre".

"People were totally disillusioned with Rawat government under whom corruption flourished like never before and they were desperately looking for change.


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" Narendra Modi's style of leadership, his head-on approach towards dealing with corruption inspired confidence among the masses who voted overwhelmingly in favour of the BJP for a clean and accountable government," he said.

It was a vote against the Rawat government's non- performance, his arrogance and undemocratic approach, Chauhan said.


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Claiming that the BJP was heading for a massive victory in Uttarakhand, Chauhan said the party was all set to cross the 50 mark in the 70-seat assembly.

"It is going to be a historic triumph for the BJP which will win with a four-fifth majority," Chauhan said.