Dehradun, Oct. 27 -- State Forest Minister Harak Singh Rawat has announced he doesn't plan to contest elections any more after having been an MLA for over thirty years, even though he would 'remain in politics'. No, Ram Rajya has not yet arrived! In the same breath, he has also announced he could be persuaded to do so by the party if really, really required. Nobody is, of course, taking his word at face value. Not even the Chief Minister, who chose to blame the media for 'Narad-like' misrepresentation of Harak Singh's words to create trouble within the ruling BJP.
It is just that the state assembly elections are approaching and Harak Singh is taking an early position. He is among the few politicians who has had a substantially independent ...