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New Delhi:Allegations that South Africa-based businessmen, the Gupta brothers, had conspired to destabilise the Pushkar Singh Dhami-led Uttarakhand government for a bribe of Rs 500 crore has triggered a storm within the ruling party...
The issue became especially embarrassing for the BJP when former chief ministers Trivendra Singh Rawat (the MP from Haridwar) and Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank called on the government to thoroughly investigate the allegations closely after they were raised by independent MLA Umesh Kumar in the Uttarakhand assembly on 22 August...
According to party sources, both the state and the central leadership of the BJP have been apprised of the current situation with the episode once again highlighting infighting within the state unit...
A senior BJP leader said that the issue has nothing to do with the Dhami government and since the matter was raised inside the assembly, the Speaker alone can issue any directives on an enquiry, if at all...
The statement of the independent MLA created a stir in the House and the Chief Minister was also asked for a reaction to the statement given inside the House, saidanother source in the BJP...
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