Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat dares BJP to disrupt Vidhan Sabha, send him to jail

Continuing his verbal assault on the Bharatiya Janata Party as Uttarakhand continues to be in a state of political unrest, Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Sunday dared the BJP to disrupt the Parliament or throw him in prison if they can.

Dehradun: Continuing his verbal assault on the Bharatiya Janata Party as Uttarakhand continues to be in a state of political unrest, Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Sunday dared the BJP to disrupt the Vidhan Sabha or throw him in prison if they can.

"If they have the guts then they can either disrupt the Vidhan Sabha or send me to prison. The rest will be seen. The Congress high command is backing me fully. This is a fight of the democracy," Rawat told ANI here.

He further accused the BJP of wanting to impose an immoral government in the state under the security cover of President`s Rule.

Rawat added that the BJP was openly trying to bring people over to their side in an attempt to garner majority but asserted that the people of Uttarakhand were smart enough to not be fooled by such tactic.

Tomorrow, the Nainital High Court will resume the hearing on the Centre`s decision to impose President`s Rule in Congress-ruled Uttarakhand.

Rawat had filed the plea challenging the incumbent President`s Rule in the state.The crisis in the hill state erupted on March 18 when nine Congress MLAs rebelled against the Rawat government, resulting in a flip-flop in the passage of the Appropriation Bill.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) met Governor K.K. Paul on the same day and staked claim to form the government.

However, the Centre imposed President`s Rule a day before Rawat was supposed to take the floor test in the assembly.