Pritam Singh replaced, Godiyal goes. Karan Mahra is the new Ukhand president. Yashpal Arya CLP n Kapri deputy CLP leader

The Congress high command has changed its president Ganesh Godiyal and the leader of the opposition Pritam Singh giving both of them a huge jolt holding them responsible for the massive defeat of Congress in the recently concluded elections.

The newly elected youthful Congress MLA Bhuvan Kapri who had defeated the Uttarakhand C M Pushkar Singh Dhami from Khatima has also been duly rewarded. On the directives of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the senior most general secretary, AICC has appointed former Uttarakhand minister and state president of Congress, who had joined the party from BJP before the election, Yashpal Arya as the leader of Congress Legislature Party, giving a huge jolt to the former state Congress chief and leader of opposition, Pritam. Singh.

What is interesting to note that Karan Mahra, who had lost the legislative election this time and a Harish Rawat baiter has been appointed as the state Congress president whereas Bhuvan Kapri who defeated CM Pushkar Singh Dhami was rewarded with a post of Congress Legislature Party.

In a press statement issued by party’s national general secretary K. C. Venugopal said that the Congress president Sonia Gandhi has appointed Karan Mahra as president of Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee, Yashpal Arya as the CLP leader and Bhuvan Chandra Kapri as the deputy leader. Meanwhile, the already faction ridden Congress party in Uttarakhand with factions of Harish Rawat and Pritam Singh including national secretary Devendra Yadav at loggerheads with Ganesh Godiyal too annoyed after his not being the state party chief, one of the protege/ crony of Pritam Singh Girish Chandra has in series of tweets while expressing his anger and frustration on the change of state leadership n CLP leader replacing Pritam Singh wrote while ridiculing central leaders : Congratulations to K. C. Venugopal, Devendra Yadav and Bhasmasur Harish Rawat.

First they sold tickets on the winning seats of Congress and now sold the post of opposition in crores of rupees tweeted Congress leader allegedly close to Pritam Singh. He requested Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to take note of this development.

Meanwhile, the former leader of the opposition Pritam Singh today met the chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami with CM terming this meeting as just a courtesy call.

But there are rumours of something fishy taking place with Pritam Singh allegedly seeming inclined towards the saffron party say sources.