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Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami suffered defeat in the Khatima Assembly seat in the state even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is heading towards the majority. India News | Uttarakhand: CM Pushkar Dhami Loses Khatima Seat to Congress Candidate.
Taking a jibe at Congress ahead of Uttarkhand Assembly polls, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the grand old party fears factionalism which is the reason behind the party's decision not to announce its chief ministerial candidate.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said at a public meeting in Uttarakhand: "Congress thinks that Pushkar is a flower. I want to tell them that our Pushkar is a flower as well as fire. Our Pushkar will never bow, nor will he ever stop.”
Congress leader Harish Rawat on Tuesday said that the party will release its first list of candidates for Uttarakhand Assembly polls within the next seven days.
Days after making a veiled attack on the Congress leadership ahead of assembly polls in Uttarakhand, Rawat today said that sometimes expressing pain proves to be beneficial for the party.