Dehradun sources have stated that earlier on Saturday and the Uttarakhand BJP had approached the Election Commission alleging that Chief Minister Harish Rawat had disposed files in violation of model code of conduct and demanded scrapping of all his decisions. The BJP state chief Ajay Bhatt had alleged that Rawat distributed a large number of mining leases, liquor and bar licenses among his favorites when he "disposed" of a stack of files at his office in Dehradun on Friday
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The EC should act immediately in the matter as it was gross violation of the model code of conduct, and the BJP have also approached the election commission with this complaint. "This is open violation of the model code of conduct on part of the Chief Minister. How can he distribute mining leases, liquor and bar licenses among his favorites as a quid pro quo for obligations taken from them in the past.
Bhatt had told that "The election commission should take suo motu cognizance of it and revoke all the decisions taken by the Chief Minister yesterday". Bhatt also charged Rawat with paying a whopping "Rs one thousand crore" to poll strategist Prashant Kishore for shoring up the Congress' chances in the state Assembly elections. The BJP state president also alleged that an official of Uttarakhand roadways had allowed 100 vehicles of Kishore's team to roam around constituencies without frisking them.
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