New Delhi: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat appeared before the CBI on Tuesday in a sting operation case where he is alleged to have offered bribes to rebel MLAs to support the Congress during the floor test in the state assembly.
Rawat claimed innocence before leaving for the CBI headquarters in Delhi. "I was intentionally framed in the case. Whatever I have to say, I will disclose it before the CBI," he said.
"I will appear before the CBI. I have only accepted that I met that gentleman (in the video) who met me posing as a journalist. He (journalist) is the accused in the whole case," he added.
The sting was considered to be one of the triggers which led the Center recommending President's Rule in the state in March.
On April 29, the CBI registered a preliminary enquiry. The man behind the sting operation Umesh Kumar has also been examined by the CBI.
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