dehradun even as harak rawats reentry into congress remains on hold with the chorus of protest from senior congress leaders against him growing political analysts say that the wily thakur leader who has been adept at changing loyalties in his three decadelong political career may have bitten off more than he can chew this timebarely a decade back in 2012 harak rawat was counted among the top leaders who decided party tickets for the congress now the former kotdwar mla finds himself stuck trying to not only to reenter congress but also secure tickets for himself and his daughterinlaw anukriti gusain sensing he would go back to congress bjp had expelled him late sunday night preempting any move by the kotdwar mla to bargain with congress the congress on the other hand is not sure it wants rawat back with former cm and veteran leader harish rawat saying harak must apologise for his mistake in 2016 first as he was among the 10 mlas who revolted against harish rawat in 2016 reducing the thenruling party to a minority and leading to the imposition of president rule in the statehowever harak rawat hasnt had to think of consequences when he changed parties before since he almost always got his way his political career started with the bjp in 1984 he won his first assembly polls in 1991 from pauri assembly seat still a part of undivided up and at 31 years old became the youngest minister in charge of tourism in up in the kalyan singh government in 1996 he joined the janata dal a year later he was in mayawatiled bsp after losing as a bsp candidate in 1998 he joined congress he stayed in the grand old party for 18 years before exiting in a dramatic fashion in 2016 and subsequently joining the bjp and going on to become a cabinet minister when the party formed the government in 2017 at the cusp of polls this time rawat is probably in the most difficult situation hes been in his long political career feel analysts his reputation as a party hopper combined with the threat he poses to leaders within congress has left him stranded for now on being queried about the situation harish rawat told toi the party is like the almighty but not all devotees are good the deity and devotees must keep each other happy i will accept whatever the leader of opposition the state chief and the state incharge decide about harakkedarnath congress mla manoj rawat was more vociferous in his opposition to haraks reentry by switching from lansdowne to rudraprayag and then to kotdwar and now asking for a ticket from another seat what message is he trying to give he quit the party when it needed him the most and now after spending five years in power why should he get a reentryaccording to political analyst jay singh rawat harak rawat may have taken things too far this time till 2016 harak rawat was