Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Harish Rawat on Saturday (September 12, 2026) said he would ‘like to step down’ from two party posts, saying allegations against an aide should not weaken the Congress’s fight against corruption.
His statement came after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided Chandan Singh Jeena, who served as an officer on special duty (OSD) during Mr. Rawat’s tenure as Chief Minister. In a social media post, Mr. Defending his government’s record, Mr. “We expect the truth to emerge and the facts to be clear.
He claimed that more than 42,000 government recruitments were made during his three-year tenure.
Rawat said he wanted to resign as an executive member of the Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee and as a permanent invitee to the Congress Working Committee. Rawat said it had created recruitment boards and strengthened the recruitment process. Reacting to the ED raids, Uttarakhand Congress president Ganesh Godiyal said the “so-called examination” dates back to 2016 and questioned why the Centre took 11 years to act. He said the then Harish Rawat government had cancelled the examination after receiving information about irregularities and ordered an investigation. BJP State president Mahendra Bhatt said the UKSSSC case had been under investigation for a long time and urged Congress leaders to cooperate with the ED. Bhatt said. Earlier reporting noted: In a social media post, Rawat said Congress membership runs through his “blood and bones”, describing it as central to his identity and something that would remain with him even in the afterlife. Earlier reporting noted: Referring to the recent ED searches in Dehradun as a “hypocritical spectacle”, the former chief minister said he did not want any of his actions to weaken the party’s struggle against corruption.
Congress members should not politicise the issue but present the facts before the ED so justice can be served,” Mr. Earlier reporting noted: Harish Rawat clarifies he hasn’t quit Congress posts, but may resign over ED action Senior Congress leader and former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat on Saturday clarified that he has not resigned from any party post , saying he would be willing to step down from the positions he holds if Enforcement Directorate (ED) actions undermine the Congress’s narrative of fighting corruption.
