Dehradun, Aug. 23 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Dehradun, 21 Aug: Senior Congress leader and former cabinet minister Harak Singh Rawat has levelled serious allegations against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), claiming that the party created a fixed deposit (FD) of Rs 30 crores using funds collected through the state's mining operations. The statement has stirred political debate in Uttarakhand, with Rawat asserting that he had himself contributed over Rs 1 crore to the FD during his tenure as Forest Minister.

Addressing the media here today, Rawat stated that the BJP had profited from the state's mining policy and that he had collected money from mining contractors in Ramnagar and Haldwani, allegedly at the party's behest. He claimed that con...