DEHRADUN: With the resignation of Ganesh Godiyal as state party chief, hectic parleys have begun within the state Congress with leaders from opposing camps lobbying for the post. The past five years have witnessed a stiff competition between the Harish Rawat camp and Pritam Singh camp for key posts within the party.
While Singh himself was leader of Opposition in the fourth assembly, Rawat was successful in securing the post of state chief for his trusted colleague Ganesh Godiyal. However, with Congress yet to take a call on both the key posts, the two camps are lobbying for them as it could define the party line in the next five years.
If Bhuvan Chand Kapri, who defeated CM Pushkar Singh Dhami from Khatima and a member of the Pritam Singh camp, is being backed by the Chakrata MLA for post of state chief, a number of members of Rawat camp like Manoj Tewari, a three-time MLA, are among the strong contenders. Badrinath legislator Rajendra Bhandari, a member of Rawat camp along with seniors like Hira Singh Bisht, Navprabhat and Dinesh Agarwal can be considered by the party to head the state unit.
