Harak Singh Rawat
Dr. Harak Singh Rawat | |
|---|---|
| Cabinet Minister to the Government of Uttarakhand | |
| In office March 2017 – January 2022 | |
| Chief Minister | Trivendra Singh Rawat Tirath Singh Rawat Pushkar Singh Dhami |
| Member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2017 – January 2022 | |
| Constituency | Kotdwar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 December 1960 |
| Party | Indian National Congress (1998- 2017 and 2022-present) |
| Other political affiliations | Bharatiya Janata Party (2017- 16 Jan 2022) ((until 1998)) |
Dr. Harak Singh Rawat (born 15 December 1960) is a prominent political leader of the Uttarakhand state in India. He is a member of Indian National Congress after being expelled from the BJP in 2022. He became the youngest Minister of Uttar Pradesh State in the year 1991 and also won assembly election from Pauri as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He has also won as an MLA from Rudraprayag, Lansdowne and Kotdwar and is one of the few leaders in the state with a wide appeal in a large area. He unsuccessfully contested as a candidate of Indian National Congress from Garhwal in 2014 Indian general election. He was expelled from BJP and the Cabinet led by Pushkar Singh Dhami stating that he has indulged in anti-party activities as he was demanding ticket for the Uttarakhand Assembly Elections 2022. He later joined Congress in the presence of former Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat.