Harish Rawat

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Harish Rawat
Uttarakhand
Personal details
Born (1948-04-27) 27 April 1948 (age 76)
L.L.B.
Alma materUniversity of Lucknow
OccupationPolitician

Harish Singh Rawat (born 27 April 1948) is an

Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Food Processing Industries[2] (2011–2012) and Ministry of Labour and Employment[3]
(2009–2011).

Early life and education

Harish Rawat was born in a

Lucknow University.[6] He is married to his fellow Congress member and politician Renuka Rawat who also obtained Bachelor of Law from Lucknow University.[7]

Early political career

Starting at village level politics, and after staying as a trade unionist and an

Indian Parliament in 1980 as a member of the 7th Lok Sabha by defeating the BJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi from Almora parliamentary constituency, followed by the 8th Lok Sabha and the 9th Lok Sabha. He has been head of Congress Volunteer Wing, Congress Seva Dal, since 1980. In 1981, he along with Subramanian Swamy and 13 others led first pilgrimage to Kailash–Manasarovar after 1962 Sino-Indian War.[8]

Later years

In 2000, he was unanimously elected as President of Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee,[9] and remained so until he was replaced by Yashpal Arya. In 2002, he was elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian parliament.

In the

Haridwar, and won the election with over 3.3 Lakh of votes.[10]

Chief Minister of Uttarakhand

In February 2014, Rawat took the oath of office as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand when Vijay Bahuguna resigned due to criticism of his handling of rehabilitation after June 2013 floods.[11] In July 2014, he won a by-election from Dharchula assembly seat by over 19,000 votes.[12]

On 18 March 2016, nine Congress MLAs rebelled against Rawat, reducing the Congress-led Government to a minority. The Union Government decided to impose

President's Rule in the state, and the order was signed by President Pranab Mukherjee on 27 March 2016.[13][14] He was later reinstated as Chief Minister on 11 May 2016 after winning the trust vote. On 11 March, Congress under the leadership of Harish Rawat lost the 2017 Assembly Elections to BJP
. He was also defeated from the two seats (Haridwar Rural and Kichha) from which he contested.

Personal life

Harish Rawat is married to Renuka Rawat. They have three children together. Harish Rawat is also a member of the Congress Working Committee.

Positions held

Year Description
1980 - 1984 Elected to 7th Lok Sabha
  • Member, House Committee
  • Member, Public Accounts Committee
1984 - 1989 Elected to 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1989 - 1991 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
  • Member, House Committee (1989–91)
  • Member, Committee on Official Language (1990–91)
  • Member, Consultative Committee of Ministry of Communications (1990–91)
2002 - 2008 Elected to Rajya Sabha
  • Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development (2003–04)
  • Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Power (2004–08)
  • Member, Indian Council of Agricultural Research Society (2004–08)
  • Member, Committee on MPLADS (Rajya Sabha) (2004–08)
2009 - 2014 Elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term)
  • Union Minister of State, Labour and Employment (2009–11)
  • Union Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Processing Industries (2011 - 2012)
  • Union Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs (2011 - 2012)
  • Union Cabinet Minister, Water Resources (2012–14)
2014 - 2017 Elected to
3rd Uttarakhand Assembly
in by election
  • 8th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
    (2014–17)

Electoral performances

Lok Sabha

Year Constituency Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage Ref
1980
Almora
 Won 46.31% Murli Manohar Joshi JNP 21.27% [15]
1984
Almora
 Won 61.26% Murli Manohar Joshi BJP 14.79% [16]
1989
Almora
 Won 42.45% Kashi Singh Airy UKD 39.39% [17]
1991
Almora
 Lost 37% Jeewan Sharma BJP 45.94% [18]
1996
Almora
 Lost 26.59% Bachi Singh Rawat BJP 41.05% [19]
1998
Almora
 Lost 33.60% Bachi Singh Rawat BJP 52.39% [20]
1999
Almora
 Lost 45.50% Bachi Singh Rawat BJP 48.39% [21]
2009
Haridwar
 Won 42.16% Swami Yatindranand Giri BJP 25.99% [22]
2019
Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar
 Lost 34.41% Ajay Bhatt BJP 61.65% [23]

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

Year Constituency Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage Ref
2014 (Bye Elect)
Dharchula
 Won 72.83% Vishnu Dutt BJP 24.75% [24]
2017
Haridwar Rural
 Lost 33.28% Yatishwaranand BJP 45.78%
2017
Kichha
 Lost 43.66% Rajesh Shukla BJP 45.77%
2022 Lalkuan Lost 33.08% M. S. Bisht BJP 53.23%

References

  1. ^ "Harish Rawat Rawat takes Charge as Union Minister of Water Resources". Press Information Bureau.
  2. ^ "Union Council of Ministers". The Hindu. 12 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Ministers and their portfolios". NDTV. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  4. ^ Chaturvedi, Rakesh Mohan. "Battle for Uttarakhand: Harish Rawat main hurdle for BJP". The Economic Times. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Not Just BJP, Congress' Harish Rawat Faces Ire of Party Workers Too as he Contests From Nainital : "I am Rana Sanga-Rajput King of 16 Century."". News18. 24 March 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  6. ^ Detailed Profile: Shri Harish Rawat Archived 14 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine National Portal of India
  7. ^ "Harish Rawat Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history". Elections in India. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  8. ^ Pathak, Pratul (31 October 1981). "Kailas-Manasarovar: The abode of Lord Shiva and cosmic centre of the universe". India Today. Archived from the original on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  9. ^ Harish Rawat elected Uttaranchal PCC chief [usurped] The Hindu, 4 December 2000.
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  11. ^ Chandramohan, C. k. (31 January 2014). "Bahuguna gives himself a parting gift". The Hindu.
  12. ^ "Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat wins Dharchula's Assembly seat". The Economic Times. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  13. ^ "Sting operation on Harish Rawat sea fate in Uttarakhand". hindustantimes.com. Hindustan Times. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  14. ^ "उत्तराखंड के पूर्व CM हरीश रावत के खिलाफ कथित MLA खरीद फरोख्त का मामला दर्ज". ndtvkhabar.com.
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  24. ^ http://election.uk.gov.in/Bye_Election_2014/Result-Bye_Election_2014/Form-21D&21E-42-Dharchula.pdf [bare URL PDF]

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