Dehradun, Nov. 7 -- Uttarakhand BJP MLA has admitted that he had warned former union petroleum minister Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna in 1970s to sprinkle uranium in River Ganga if the separate Himalayan state was not carved out of Uttar Pradesh. Ruling party MLA said this inside the state assembly during special assembly session on the occasion of state silver jubilee celebrations.

Making an startling revelation inside the house on Tuesday Uttarakhand ruling party MLA Kishor Upadhyay admitted that the warning was issued by him to former union petroleum minister Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna in late 1970s, during his meeting with latter in Delhi. Upadhyay said that he had gone there to meet late union minister with demand for the formation of separate...