PIONEER NEWS SERVICE/ Gairsain
In latest news from Uttarakhand, the Congress veteran and the former chief minister Harish Rawat undertook a silent fast for one and half hours at Gairsain in protest against the State government’s continued negligence being shown to the summer capital of the State. The senior party leaders who accompanied Rawat during the stir were the State Congress chief Karan Mahara and Ganesh Godiyal. They reached the main intersection of Gairsan and staged the agitation.
In a scathing attack on the BJP government in the State, Rawat said that it had taken the people for a ride on the sensitive issue of Gairsain. “Gaisain epitomises the self-respect of Uttarakhand,” he said while warning of an intensified movement in coming days if the State government continued to neglect the place.
