Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat said his Jan Samvad Yatra in Udham Singh Nagar was intended to thank people whose support helped him through what he described as a difficult situation.

“I have come out to thank the people,” Rawat said in a video. He attributed his recovery from the difficult phase to “the people's blessings, the blessings of this land, and the blessings of the deities here.”

Asked about remarks made by Kumari Selja, Rawat said, “There are all kinds of discussions in a home. We are soldiers of the Congress.”