Set to return as Uttarakhand Chief Minister after one-and-a-half months of dramatic twists and turns, Harish Rawat on Wednesday said the judiciary has restored the faith of people in democracy in Uttarakhand, even as he pledged to start afresh forgetting the “bad patch”, to take the state forward.
Rawat, who thanked Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and other party leaders for lending support, said the state would need active support of the central government and that he would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
The judiciary has restored the faith of the people in democracy, he said, stressing that the state will start a “new chapter” by forgetting the past experience.
“Judiciary in a way came forward as an adjudicator of constitutional and democractic values. From the Supreme Court to the High Court, I want to thank the judiciary. With this, the trust of people in the constitutional set up has increased further,” Rawat told reporters in Dehradun.
Observing that in the past one-and-a-half months the state suffered losses, Rawat said, “What ends well, remains well. And from here, making a new start will be beneficial for the state.”
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