Uttarakhand faces extended delay in appointing full-time DGP
Currently, the state police force is led by Acting DGP Abhinav Kumar, who is not included in the UPSC panel.
In a major humiliation, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat lost both the seats of Haridwar (Rural) and Kichha as the Congress was routed out of the hill state in the assembly poll results announced on Saturday.
Rawat lost Haridwar (Rural) seat to BJP's Yatishwaranand by over 12,000 votes. Rawat’s daughter Anupama was the election in-charge in Haridwar (Rural) and his loss has only added to the woes of the Congress.
At 65 per cent, Haridwar reported the maximum voting followed by 63 per cent in Uttarkashi when polls were conducted peacefully in 69 of the 70 constituencies on Feb 15.
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Witnessing its fourth assembly polls in which a total of 7.5 million voters decided the fate of 628 candidates, the fight was mainly between the ruling Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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