"Sonia Gandhi Will Decide": Harish Rawat On Congress Uttarakhand Candidate

"The view of the party leadership is that we need to fight the elections unitedly," Harish Rawat said.

We need to fight unitedly in Uttarakhand, Congress acting president Sonia Gandhi will decide the Chief Minister when we get the mandate, the party's campaign head Harish Rawat told NDTV today.

"The view of the party leadership is that we need to fight the elections unitedly and we will take the decision on the Chief Minister when we get the mandate to pick one. And Sonia ji will then decide (the Chief Minister) and the party will comply with her decision," he said.

Mr Rawat recently made public and clear hints that the central leadership of the party had abandoned him in favour of the state Congress in charge. Congress then moved to quell dissatisfaction and made him head of the campaign committee in the hill state.

"We are facing this challenge unitedly. We are one and under the leadership of Sonia ji and Rahul ji," he said when asked about infighting in the party.