Harish Rawat

Harish Rawat
Harish Rawat
	Harish Rawat
7th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
	In office; 11 May 2016 – 18 March 2017
Governor	Krishan Kant Paul
Preceded by	President's rule
Succeeded by	Trivendra Singh Rawat
	In office; 21 April 2016 – 22 April 2016
Governor	Krishan Kant Paul
Preceded by	President's rule
Succeeded by	President's rule
	In office; 1 February 2014 – 27 March 2016
Governor	Aziz Qureshi; Krishan Kant Paul
Preceded by	Vijay Bahuguna
Succeeded by	President's rule
Minister of Water Resources
	In office; 30 October 2012 – 31 January 2014
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Pawan Kumar Bansal
Succeeded by	Uma Bharti
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 2009–2014
Preceded by	Rajendra Kumar Badi
Succeeded by	Ramesh Pokhriyal
Constituency	Haridwar
	In office; 1980–1991
Preceded by	Murli Manohar Joshi
Succeeded by	Jeewan Sharma
Constituency	Almora
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
	In office; 2002–2008
Constituency	Uttarakhand
Personal details
Born	27 April 1948; Mohanari, (Adbora Mohnari Graam Sabha) Almora, United Provinces, India; (now in Uttarakhand, India)
Citizenship	India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian National Congress
Parents	Rajendra Singh Rawat (father); Devki Devi (mother)
Education	Bachelor of Arts; L.L.B.
Alma mater	University of Lucknow
Occupation	Politician

Harish Rawat (born 27 April 1948) is an Indian politician who was Chief Minister of Uttarakhand from 2014 to 2017. A five-time Member of Parliament, Rawat is a leader of the Indian National Congress party. As a member of 15th Lok Sabha, Rawat served as Union Minister of Water Resources in the cabinet of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh from 2012 to 2014.[1] He also worked as Minister of State at the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, 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 Rajput (Rawat) family[4][5] in Mohnari village (Adbora Mohnari Graam Sabha), near Chaunalia (263680), Ranikhet in Almora district of the United Provinces (now Uttarakhand) on 27 April 1948 to Rajendra Singh Rawat and Devki Devi. He studied from GIC Chaunalia in his early days. He received a Bachelor of Arts and LL.B. from 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 Youth Congress member for many years, he joined the 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.

Later years

In 2000, he was unanimously elected as President of Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee,[8] 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 2009 general election, he left his traditional stronghold of Almora after it became a reserved seat post delimitation to contest from Haridwar, and won the election with over 3.3 Lakh of votes.[9]

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.[10] In July 2014, he won a by-election from Dharchula assembly seat by over 19,000 votes.[11]

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.[12][13] 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 Kichcha) from which he contested.

Positions held

Year	Description
1980 - 84	Elected to 7th Lok Sabha Member, House Committee Member, Public Accounts Committee
1984 - 89	Elected to 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1989 - 91	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 - 08	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 - 14	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)
2009 - 14	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 - 17	Elected to 3rd Uttarakhand Assembly in bye Election 8th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (2014–17)

Elections contested

Loksabha

Year	Constituency	Result	Vote percentage	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party	Opposition vote percentage	Ref
1980	Almora	Won	46.31%	Murli Manohar Joshi	JNP	21.27%	[14]
1984	Almora	Won	61.26%	Murli Manohar Joshi	BJP	14.79%	[15]
1989	Almora	Won	42.45%	Kashi Singh Airy	UKD	39.39%	[16]
1991	Almora	Lost	37%	Jeewan Sharma	BJP	45.94%	[17]
1996	Almora	Lost	26.59%	Bachi Singh Rawat	BJP	41.05%	[18]
1998	Almora	Lost	33.60%	Bachi Singh Rawat	BJP	52.39%	[19]
1999	Almora	Lost	45.50%	Bachi Singh Rawat	BJP	48.39%	[20]
2009	Haridwar	Won	42.16%	Swami Yatindranand Giri	BJP	25.99%	[21]
2019	Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar	Lost	34.41%	Ajay Bhatt	BJP	61.65%	[22]

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%	[23]
2017	Haridwar Rural	Lost	33.28%	Yatishwaranand	BJP	45.78%
2017	Kichha	Lost	43.66%	Rajesh Shukla	BJP	45.77%

References

"Harish Rawat Rawat takes Charge as Union Minister of Water Resources". Press Information Bureau.
"Union Council of Ministers". The Hindu.
"Ministers and their portfolios". NDTV. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
Chaturvedi, Rakesh Mohan. "Battle for Uttarakhand: Harish Rawat main hurdle for BJP". The Economic Times. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
"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. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
Detailed Profile: Shri Harish Rawat National Portal of India
"Harish Rawat Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history". Elections in India. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
Harish Rawat elected Uttaranchal PCC chief The Hindu, 4 December 2000.
Haridwar CNN IBN.
http://thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/uttarakhand-chief-minister-vijay-bahuguna-resigns/article5638527.ece
"Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat wins Dharchula's Assembly seat". The Economic Times. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
"Sting operation on Harish Rawat sea fate in Uttarakhand". hindustantimes.com. Hindustan Times. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
"उत्तराखंड के पूर्व CM हरीश रावत के खिलाफ कथित MLA खरीद फरोख्त का मामला दर्ज". ndtvkhabar.com.

12. उत्तराखंड के मुख्यमंत्री ने प्रवासियों से कहा - घर लौट आओ प्लीज http://www.uttarakhandnews.org/2015/02/uttarakhandchiefministerharishrawat_4.html

External links

Official website of CM of Uttarakhand

Lok Sabha
Preceded by Murli Manohar Joshi	Member of Parliament for Almora 1980 – 1991	Succeeded by Jeewan Sharma
Preceded by Rajendra Kumar Badi	Member of Parliament for Haridwar 2009 – 2014	Succeeded by Ramesh Pokhriyal
Rajya Sabha
Preceded by Manohar Kant Dhyani	Member of Parliament for Rajya Sabha Uttarakhand 2002 – 2008	Succeeded by Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Political offices
Preceded by Pawan Kumar Bansal	Union Minister of Water Resources 2012 – 2014	Succeeded by Uma Bharti
Preceded by Vijay Bahuguna	Chief Minister of Uttarakhand 1 February 2014 – 27 March 2016	Succeeded by President's Rule
Preceded by President's Rule	Chief Minister of Uttarakhand 21 April 2016 – 22 April 2016	Succeeded by President's Rule
Preceded by President's Rule	Chief Minister of Uttarakhand 11 May 2016 – 18 Mar 2017	Succeeded by Trivendra Singh Rawat
Party political offices
Preceded by Office Established	President Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee 2000 – 2007	Succeeded by Yashpal Arya

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[1] "Harish Rawat Rawat takes Charge as Union Minister of Water Resources". Press Information Bureau.

[2] "Union Council of Ministers". The Hindu.

[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. Retrieved 27 July 2020.

[6] Detailed Profile: Shri Harish Rawat National Portal of India

[7] "Harish Rawat Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history". Elections in India. Retrieved 27 July 2020.

[8] Harish Rawat elected Uttaranchal PCC chief The Hindu, 4 December 2000.

[9] Haridwar CNN IBN.

[10] ttp://thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/uttarakhand-chief-minister-vijay-bahuguna-resigns/article5638527.ece

[jiley-tu-11] "Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat wins Dharchula's Assembly seat". The Economic Times. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.

[12] "Sting operation on Harish Rawat sea fate in Uttarakhand". hindustantimes.com. Hindustan Times. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

[13] "उत्तराखंड के पूर्व CM हरीश रावत के खिलाफ कथित MLA खरीद फरोख्त का मामला दर्ज". ndtvkhabar.com.