Dehradun, Sep 13 – Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat has offered to resign from two key organizational posts of the Congress party, a day after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided his Personal Assistant Chandan Singh Jeena in the 2016 UKSSSC paper leak case.
Rawat announced on social media on Saturday morning that he wants to step down from:
– Member of the Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee Executive
– *Permanent Invitee Member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) at the national level*
“I humbly wish to step down from both posts, so that the party’s struggle does not face any weakness because of me,” Rawat wrote on his X handle.
The move comes after the ED’s Dehradun sub-zonal office on September 10 searched Jeena’s residence under PMLA in connection with alleged irregularities in the Gram Panchayat Vikas Adhikari (VPDO) Examination, 2016.
What ED seized:
– Rs 32 lakh unaccounted cash
– 200.5 grams gold (13 coins, 7 chains)
– 12 luxury watches including Rolex, Rado, Piaget
– Rs 52.16 lakh bank deposits frozen – Total value approx Rs 1.28 crore
Rawat, who was CM from 2014-2017, called Jeena a “very gentle and hardworking person” and said he does not believe the OMR tampering charges, but will be “ashamed” if they are proven. He termed the action a political conspiracy to create a narrative.
The Congress high command is yet to take a decision on his resignation offer.
