Dehradun:The political crisis in Uttarakhand took a new turn with the Congress dragging Ramdev into the picture accusing him of "hatching" a plot jointly with BJP leadership to topple the state government but the yoga guru has refuted the charge.
Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress president Kishore Upadhyay created a flutter in political circles alleging that the yoga guru and BJP chief Amit Shah had hatched a conspiracy together to dislodge the state government and the rebellion against Harish Rawat by the partys MLAs was a result of this.
"This is a conspiracy by Baba Ramdev and Amit Shah to destabilise the Uttarakhand government," Upadhyay told CNN-IBN.
He claimed Ramdev was in touch with the nine rebel Congress MLAs and that he had enough evidence to substantiate his charge.
Countering this, Ramdev said he was "shocked" when he heard the allegation that he was part of a political conspiracy.
"Let alone Modi or Amit Shah, I didn't meet even an MLA on this. Whatever I do is in the public eye.I don't even know anything about this issue." he said.
"We have no role to play in this matter. Political parties are responsible for political incidents," he said.
Reacting to this, Pradesh Congress chief spokesman Mathuradutt Joshi said no amount of clarification on part of the yoga guru can absolve him of his role in the political crisis in Uttarakhand.
"The yoga guru runs a business empire worth nearly Rs 2000 crore in Uttarakhand and there are a number of cases under investigation against his trust. He has many scores to settle with the state government," he said.
The crisis erupted on March 18 during a vote on the appropriation bill on the state's annual budget. With some of his party MLAs switching sides, Rawat has to prove his majority in the House by March 28.
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