Uttarakhand : Dhami government will withdraw sedition case against MLA Umesh Kumar, politics heats up

A new twist has come in the Uttarakhand government vs independent MLA Umesh Kumar Sharma case. The sedition case filed against Independent MLA Umesh Kumar Sharma from Khanpur may end. The current Dhami government does not want to prosecute independent MLA Umesh Kumar Sharma for sedition. This is the reason why the state government has filed an affidavit to withdraw the SLP in this ongoing case in the Supreme Court. It may be known that Trivendra Rawat had filed a sedition case against Umesh Kumar Sharma when he was the Chief Minister. In this case, the government has now filed an affidavit. Due to this step of Uttarakhand’s Dhami government, there are chances of intensification of internal fight in BJP.

Tension in Uttarakhand BJP likely to increase

At present, the chances of increasing tussle in the Uttarakhand BJP are clearly visible after the Supreme Court retreated from the cases related to Trivendra. Then the High Court quashed the sedition FIR against Umesh Kumar Sharma. Earlier Trivendra government appealed in the Supreme Court to continue the case. In this whole episode, now the Dhami government has started the process of withdrawing the SLP. Tell Keumesh Kumar Sharma

He was successful in winning the Khanpur assembly seat in Uttarakhand as an independent candidate. Khanpur assembly seat comes in Haridwar district. This seat was considered the stronghold of former BJP MLA Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion. In the 2022 assembly elections, BJP had fielded Kunwarrani Devyani Singh, wife of Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion, as its candidate, but she had to face defeat.