Uttarakhand: Harish Rawat said – Premchand Agarwal’s resignation is not the defeat of BJP’s arrogance

Politics has intensified after the resignation of Uttarakhand Finance Minister Premchand Agarwal to CM Dhami after his controversial statement. The opposition is attacking the Dhami government on this issue. At the same time, senior Congress leader and former CM Harish Rawat has surrounded the state government on this issue. He said that this is not the resignation of Premchand Agarwal, but it is the defeat of the arrogance of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Senior Congress leader and former CM Harish Rawat posted a video on his social media handle and said that the arrogance of power had to bow down in front of public opinion. Those who were encouraging this arrogance, whether those who were giving that arrogance the form of hilly or plain, should apologize. Harish Rawat further said that the result of arrogance has come to the fore. BJP state president Mahendra Bhatt and some other people also have arrogance, for which Uttarakhand will answer them, Mahendra Bhatt has given a ‘low-grade’ statement by calling his political opponents ‘sadakchhap’.

Uttarakhand will not forgive BJP and Mahendra Bhatt for that statement. He said that Mahendra Bhatte used all his power to protect Finance Minister Premchand Agarwal. The way a member Lakhpat Butola was scolded and made to sit in the assembly for expressing his anger, agony and pain, the same arrogance had to bow down in front of public opinion. There is no other way. Apart from this, the anger of Uttarakhand is not on one person, the people of Uttarakhand are angry at the behavior, arrogance that has settled in every vein of power. That anger will calm down only when these people apologize for their behavior and anger and promise not to do so in future.

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Parliamentary Affairs Minister Premchand Agarwal made a controversial statement in the House during the Uttarakhand Assembly session on 21 February 2025. There was fierce protest inside and outside the House over the statement of Minister Premchand Agarwal. The opposition demanded an apology from Minister Agarwal in the proceedings of the House on 22 February. In this matter, Congress MLA from Badrinath Lakhpat Butola tore a paper in the House and got up from his seat.

Seeing the controversy growing, Premchand Agarwal expressed regret over his statement, but the opposition remained adamant on apologizing. Many organizations including Congress were continuously protesting in the matter. After which Premchand Agarwal has submitted his resignation to CM Dhami yesterday.