The independent lawmaker from Dhanaulti, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand and former cabinet minister in the previous state government during the Congress tenure of Vijay Bahuguna and Harish Rawat, a firmer tall leader of Uttarakhand Kranti Dal as well, Pritam Singh Panwar has joined Bhartiya Janata Party at BJP headquater in New, Delhi welcomed by union minister Smriti Irani in the presence of the Uttarakhand BJP president Madan Kaushik. Joining of a former minister and MLA Pritam Singh Panwar in the saffron party’s fold at the time state elections are round the corner, is an important development that definitely amounts to boosting the BJP image which is facing tremendous anti incumbency factor possibilities, being a ruling party in Uttarakhand n changing three chief Ministers during its tenure of four and a half year. While this news gives BJP an opportunity to rejoice, to Congress, the main opposition party it’s sort of a rebuff because Pritam Singh Panwar was minister in Congress regime during both the chief ministers’ tenure from 2014 to 2017, after joining them being the UKD lawmaker. He won as an independent MLA from Dhanaulty after he was expelled from Uttarakhand Kranti Dal. Pritam Singh Panwar is a three term MLA from Dhanaulty and Yamunotri and carries behind a good reputation as well as sound grip among the electorates especially loved by the young generation. Sources reveal that Pritam Singh Panwar joined BJP at the behest of the national media incharge and Rajya Sabha MP Anil Baluni.
