Dehradun, Sept. 17 -- The political landscape of Uttarakhand has intensified ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections following Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids on Chandan Singh Jeena, a close aide and current Personal Assistant to veteran Congress leader and former Chief Minister Harish Rawat. The searches in Dehradun yielded Rs 32 lakh in cash, gold, and luxury watches from Jeena's home, stemming from a money laundering probe into the 2016 UKSSSC VPDO exam irregularities during Rawat's chief ministerial term.
This development has led to notable political fallout. It has become difficult for the Congress to undertake damage control after this incident. To limit the impact, Rawat offered to resign from the state Congress executive and his CW...