The Cabinet met soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned from Assam.
Ahead of the meeting, a BJP delegation met President Pranab Mukherjee and demanded President's Rule in the state, saying Chief Minister Harish Rawat has no right to continue after a sting operation purportedly showed him bargaining with rebel party MLAs to win their support ahead of floor test on March 28.
The rebel Congress MLAs today alleged that they were
offered bribe by the Chief Minister for support during the floor test in the Assembly on March 28 and released a video of a "sting" operation purportedly showing the CM, who called it "fake".
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Congress alleged that the "dirty tricks department" of BJP president Amit Shah is at work, while the saffron outfit demanded "immediate dismissal" of the Rawat government.
All eyes are on the Speaker's decision which will be crucial to the fate of Harish Rawat government facing a difficult confidence vote in the Assembly on Monday.
If the MLAs are disqualified by the Speaker under the anti-defection law they will cease to be members of the House reducing its effective strength from 70 to 61 which may make its easier for Rawat to scrape through the floor test with 27 MLAs of the Congress and six of ruling ally Progressive Democratic Front.