PM Modi holds meet on Uttarakhand; President's Rule an option

New Delhi: Union Cabinet met here on Saturday to consider the situation in Uttarakhand amidst speculation that it may consider the option of President's Rule in the state. The Cabinet met soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned from Assam.

Ahead of the meeting, a BJP delegation met President Pranab Mukherjee and demanded President’s Rule in the state, saying Chief Minister Harish Rawat has no right to continue after a sting operation purportedly showed him bargaining with rebel party MLAs to win the support ahead of floor test on March 28.

BJP’s memorandum to the President was also critical of state Governor K K Paul, saying he “did not act on the request of the majority of the legislature to dismiss the state government and on the contrary granted 10 days ’time” to Rawat to prove his majority.

Meanwhile, the rebel Congress MLAs have alleged that they were offered bribe by the Chief Minister for support during the floor test in the Assembly on March 28 and released a video of a “sting” operation purportedly showing the Chief Minister, who called it totally “fake”.