Ex-Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat suffers mild tremors after car collides with divider

Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat's car on Tuesday night collided with a divider while he was traveling from Haldwani to Udham Singh Nagar's Kashipur. Informing about same, Congress leer said that he was a little shaken after incident and went to a hospital for a medical check-up. 

“While coming from Haldwani to Kashipur, my car collided with a divider at Bazpur and I felt some mild tremors (sic), so I got it checked in hospital and doctors said everything was fine and discharged me,” Rawat said in a post on X. 

“Some friends have posted about incident on social media which may raise concerns among few. re is nothing be worried about. I am absolutely fine and so are my colleagues,” he ded in anor post. 

According to various media reports, accident took place in late hours of Tuesday. Rawat sustained injuries while his driver narrowly escaped. He was taken to hospital after he complained of pain in chest. 

Harish Rawat is a five-time Member of Parliament and has served as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand from 2014 to 2017. Rawat was Union Minister of Water Resources in Cabinet of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh from 2012 to 2014.